intellectual property

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks. uncountable,usually
    — According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
  2. Any individual work that is protected under intellectual property law. countable,usually
    — One area of current change concerns intellectual properties and intellectual property rights. "Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture"

词形变化

intellectual properties plural

词源

First use appears c. 1769.
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