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intellectual property

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Creations of the mind such as musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights. Under intellectual property law, the holder of one of these abstract “properties” has certain exclusive rights to the creative work, commercial symbol, or invention by which it is covered.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Intangible assets that belong to an enterprise for its exclusive use Scope Note: Examples include: patents, copyrights, trademarks, ideas, and trade secrets.

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

Creations of the mind such as musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights. Under intellectual property law, the holder of one of these abstract 'properties' has certain exclusive rights to the creative work, commercial symbol, or invention by which it is covered.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Useful artistic, technical, and/or industrial information, knowledge or ideas that convey ownership and control of tangible or virtual usage and/or representation.

Wordset Dictionary

intangible property that is the result of creativity such as patents, trademarks, or copyrights

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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