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 Of note: Your content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful. —

The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Universal and Sony both still have active copyright infringement suits against the company. —

Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026 The posts were hit with copyright notices, but the film already has gone viral, with other users sharing it. —

Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for copyright

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patent

Noun

University of Birmingham Enterprise has filed a patent for the use of BNCF catalysts in low-temperature water-splitting.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
The style, which retails for $945, is currently available in a silver metallic iteration and a patent red version on the label’s website.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 May 2026