Patent vs. Copyright

Patentnoun

A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.

Patentnoun

A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.

Patentnoun

License; formal permission.

Patentnoun

Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.

Patentverb

To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.

Patentadjective

(biology) Open, unobstructed, expanded.

Patentadjective

Explicit and obvious.

Patentadjective

(of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.

Patentadjective

Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.

Patentadjective

Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.

Patentadjective

Protected by a legal patent.

Patentadjective

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

Patentadjective

Open to public perusal; - said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.

Patentadjective

Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.

Patentadjective

Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.

Patentnoun

A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.

Patentnoun

The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.

Patentverb

To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.

Patentnoun

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

Patentnoun

an official document granting a right or privilege

Patentverb

obtain a patent for;

Patentverb

grant rights to; grant a patent for

Patentverb

make open to sight or notice;

Patentadjective

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage;

Patentadjective

clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

Patentnoun

a government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention

Patentnoun

patent leather

Patentadjective

easily recognizable; obvious

Patentadjective

(of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and unobstructed; failing to close

Patentadjective

(of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues or faeces

Patentadjective

made and marketed under a patent; proprietary

Patentverb

obtain a patent for (an invention)

Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of years, in exchange for publishing an enabling public disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder must sue someone infringing the patent in order to enforce his or her rights.

Copyrightnoun

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

Copyrightnoun

(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.

Copyrightverb

To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

Copyrightnoun

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

Copyrightverb

To secure a copyright on.

Copyrightnoun

a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

Copyrightverb

secure a copyright on a written work;

Copyright

Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to make copies of a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form.