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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English language copyright © 2025 by Yuki Tejima.
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
In addition, the Office administers the DMCA designated agent directory and provides guidance on notice and counternotice procedures, group registration for short online works, and emerging policy issues, including copyright considerations related to artificial intelligence.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The 1886 Berne Convention ensures that foreign works are treated the same as domestic works in the US, but does not override US copyright law.
—Steven Asarch, PC Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
But just as emerging concerns around hallucinations, data privacy and copyright have put up barriers to generative AI that some organizations have found insurmountable, agents have their own set of obstacles.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
In addition, the Office administers the DMCA designated agent directory and provides guidance on notice and counternotice procedures, group registration for short online works, and emerging policy issues, including copyright considerations related to artificial intelligence.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The 1886 Berne Convention ensures that foreign works are treated the same as domestic works in the US, but does not override US copyright law.
—Steven Asarch, PC Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
But just as emerging concerns around hallucinations, data privacy and copyright have put up barriers to generative AI that some organizations have found insurmountable, agents have their own set of obstacles.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copyright
patent
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The Utah team is now seeking patent protection for its discovery, hoping to take fungal hydrogels from the lab to real-world biomedical applications.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Propagating October Magic® Ivory™ Camellia October Magic® Ivory™ Camellia is patent-protected and cannot be propagated.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Copyright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyright. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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