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 In the case of the former, content communities that upload film or television clips or music videos, or sometimes entire films or TV series episodes, can be subject to copyright infringement actions, often simply in the form of having these items removed. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026 Last year, Anthropic agreed to a major settlement in a copyright case brought by authors. —

Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 May 2026 Of particular relevance is the copyright chapter of the Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI Models, developed with stakeholders and approved by the Commission, which includes commitments to respect opt-out mechanisms and reduce the risk of copyright-infringing outputs. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 May 2026 Photography copyright © Matt Armendariz. —

Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for copyright

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patent

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Newman, a respected figure in patent law, was appointed in 1984 by Republican President Ronald Reagan to the Federal Circuit.

— Blake Brittain, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Plush velvet, smooth satin and high-shine patent gave the near-monochrome style plenty of textural contrast.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 June 2026