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{{a|confi|}}Not to be confused with {{confiprov|confidential information}}, [[intellectual property]] covers [[copyright]]s, [[patent]]s, [[trade mark]]s, [[property]] rights that arise at [[common law]] (or under [[statute]] ) which can be enforced against all comers, and not simply as a result of any {{t|contract}}.
{{a|ip|}}Not to be confused with {{confiprov|confidential information}}, [[intellectual property]] covers [[copyright]]s, [[patent]]s, [[trade mark]]s, [[property]] rights that arise at [[common law]] (or under [[statute]] ) which can be enforced against all comers, and not simply as a result of any {{t|contract}}.


For [[intellectual property]] rights to arise there needs, as the name suggests, to be some application of someone's intellect to the creation of the information. Not all information can be protected: raw data, for example, can’t.
For [[intellectual property]] rights to arise there needs, as the name suggests, to be some application of someone’s intellect to the creation of the information. Not all information can be protected: raw data, for example, can’t.
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Not to be confused with confidential information, intellectual property covers copyrights, patents, trade marks, property rights that arise at common law (or under statute ) which can be enforced against all comers, and not simply as a result of any contract.

For intellectual property rights to arise there needs, as the name suggests, to be some application of someone’s intellect to the creation of the information. Not all information can be protected: raw data, for example, can’t.

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