For example, intellectual property is an asset, and as such it can be bought, sold, licensed, exchanged, or gratuitously given away like any other form of property (Hefter & Litowitz). ... The terms trademark' and mark' are commonly used to refer to both trademarks and servicemarks. ... Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of "original works of authorship- including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. ... For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only ...

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For example, the information must be secret, not of public knowledge or of general knowledge in the trade or business. ... In 1964, the National Copyright Office began to register software as a form of literary expression. ...

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