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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 The sponsor retains responsibility for the content and holds the copyright to their material. — Zachary Reed, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 But copyright violations are only one part of the legal issues raised by generative AI. — Daryl Lim, Fortune, 30 May 2026 Translation copyright © 2026 by Daniel Hahn. — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026 Major news companies are taking a two-track approach, filing copyright infringement suits in some cases and striking content licensing deals with AI firms in other cases. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for copyright

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Patents filed earlier in the 'gold rush' are often granted with broader coverage on average than applications filed later due to the rapid growth in prior art patent filings.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Metamorphosis, which develops red-light therapy beauty devices, aims to boost the effectiveness of red-light therapy with its patent-pending Energize Red Light Activator Serum, formulated to prepare skin cells to better respond to treatment.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

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