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intellectual property definition - finance
The knowledge of how to develop products or processes. Typically intellectual property is protected by patents, trademarks, or copyrights.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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