How to Use intellectual property in a Sentence

intellectual property

noun
  • Any song that you write is your intellectual property.
  • So there goes a lot of the asset value and intellectual property out the door.
    — Jennifer J. Fondrevay, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The call letters would be transferred for free with the sale of the intellectual properties.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Temu‘s once again being forced to face the music on intellectual property claims.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Actors don’t have the right to tell studios what to do with their intellectual property, and this contract doesn’t give them that power.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • There is so much history there, so much potential there, as well, so much intellectual property there, as well.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • That starts with protecting intellectual property at home and abroad.
    — Aaron Seibert, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Swift is no stranger to intellectual property matters.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Your job is to innovate, and your job is to look for fresh IP [intellectual property] and fresh voices.
    — Julia Boorstin,stephen Desaulniers, CNBC, 6 June 2026
  • Cook will retain full ownership of the intellectual property and creative control of the show.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The president has used tariffs against China as a threat to lower the trade deficit, stop intellectual property theft and more.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And that’s just as well, because the movie has no interest in making such intellectual property more palatable to a wider audience.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These days, the upsurge in streaming television and its hunger for content has made books an even more ubiquitous source of intellectual property for the small screen.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • The bulk of that spending from businesses was on intellectual property products.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Hron says these companies come with unique intellectual property that may take too much time or be too costly for Thomson Reuters to build on its own.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Washington is now weighing sanctions and new policies to counter this intellectual property theft.
    — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • For Hollywood, the fight over AI and intellectual property is far from over.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Disney’s portfolio of intellectual property has been the bedrock of its theme parks since the very first location opened its doors, and that’s translated to its cruise line as well.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Starbucks will hold a 40% stake and maintain its ability to license the brand and intellectual property to the joint venture.
    — Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Tesh’s history with intellectual property protections has been touch and go.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • On paper, the case centers on intellectual property.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • People who create their own intellectual property are often perceived as leaders.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • These are the keepers of your company’s vision, culture and intellectual property.
    — Pranav Dalal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Under the joint venture structure, the coffee chain will retain a 40% stake and maintain its rights to license its brand and intellectual property.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The framework aims to protect intellectual property while still allowing AI to improve through fair use.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The book has now been stripped of any intellectual property belonging to the original works — in this case Rowling or Atwood’s books.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But Lafufu looks almost the same, and that gets into intellectual property, which is a whole different story.
    — Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Oscar winner has already taken major steps to gain some control over himself, in intellectual property terms.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The walk back from OpenAI follows a similar move around the use of intellectual property.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The onus is on the music business to do a better job of protecting likeness and protecting intellectual property going forward.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2025

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