Thesaurus results for COPYRIGHT

noun

as in patent

the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, and sell a book, musical recording, etc., for a certain period of time His family still holds the copyright to his songs. laws that protect copyrights

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Recent Examples of copyright Conway was just as skeptical of McMillan’s copyright infringement claim. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Clips of the movie on X are still being taken down through its copyright takedown process. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 Mickey may be old enough to fall out of copyright, but trademark rights are different and forever. —

Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 This song has already been a hit with me, this is in my publishing company and this is obviously going to be one of my most important copyrights. —

Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for copyright

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patent

Noun

Access could also eventually change rates for its other HEVC patent pool, VCL Advance.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
India’s pharmaceutical companies are in an intense race to create cheaper generic versions of weight-loss drugs after the patent for the active ingredient semaglutide expired in the country.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 19 Apr. 2026