Intellectual property

"A form of creative endeavour that can be protected through a copyright, trade-mark, patent, industrial design, or integrated circuit topography."
(Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual property, A Guide to Copyright: Glossary, 2008, visited 2009-10-14)

"Intellectual property traditionally covers two areas:

• industrial property which mainly comprises patents, designs and models, manufacturers and service brands and protected designations of origin;
• copyright and related rights which apply to all literary and artistic works."

(Europa, Intellectual property, Glossary, visited 2008-17-07)