IP rights
Creator ownership protections
IP rights is short for intellectual property rights—legal protections for creations of the mind such as inventions, artistic works, designs, and brand identities.
The term covers patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
The contract included clauses about IP rights for any software developed during employment.
- patent lawIntellectual property statute
- copyright lawRules protecting original works
- trademark lawRules governing commercial identifiers
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- markVisible impression or sign
invention · economic espionage · brand identity · brand protection · misappropriation · reverse engineering · fair use · design patents · confidentiality agreements · distinctiveness · licensing agreement · royalty payments · patent troll · logo · derivative works · counterfeiting · cease and desist · competitive advantage
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- arts lawart fraud, fair use, intellectual property, looted art, restitution claims
- copyrightcopyright, copyright law, copyright act, copyright office, copyright notice
- tech transferknowledge sharing, patents, licensing agreements, intellectual property, know-how
IP rightspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open source · copyleft · open access · creative commons · commons
IP rightspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
trade secrets · generic · non-proprietary · abandonware · unpatented
IP rightsphysical property
Measurable trait of matter
real property · real estate · personal property · tangible property · tangible assets
rights, right, rightly, rightful, rightfully, righteous, righteousness, righteously