intellectual property

intangible asset consisting of ownership of ideas and processes
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intellectual property

Summary

intellectual property is an asset type[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of asset_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,499 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • intellectual property's instance of is recorded as asset type[3].
  • intellectual property's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • intellectual property's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • intellectual property's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • intellectual property's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[7].
  • intellectual property is a type of property[8].
  • intellectual property is a type of intangible asset[9].
  • intellectual property is a type of exclusive right[10].
  • intellectual property is a type of erga omnes[11].
  • intellectual property's Commons category is recorded as Intellectual property[12].
  • intellectual property's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Intellectual property treaties[13].
  • intellectual property's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • intellectual property's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • intellectual property's topic has template is recorded as Template:Intellectual property[16].
  • intellectual property's topic has template is recorded as Template:Intellectual property activism[17].
  • intellectual property's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://opensource.stackexchange.com/tags/intellectual-property[18].
  • intellectual property's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://law.stackexchange.com/tags/intellectual-property[19].
  • intellectual property's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C97331[20].
  • intellectual property's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IP'}[21].
  • intellectual property's different from is recorded as Intellectual rights[22].
  • intellectual property's different from is recorded as intangible property[23].
  • intellectual property's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003463[24].
  • intellectual property's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • intellectual property's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of intellectual property[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include asset type[3], field of study[4], academic discipline[5], and legal term or legal concept[7]. Recorded subclass of include property[8], intangible asset[9], exclusive right[10], and erga omnes[11].

Influence

Things named for intellectual property include World Intellectual Property Day[27], a world day[28], founded in 2000[29].

Why It Matters

intellectual property ranks in the top 7% of asset_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,499 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include World Intellectual Property Day[27], a world day[28], founded in 2000[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'bcl', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/intellectual-property, topic/intellectual-property-law
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: topic/intellectual-property-law"
  2. 5w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C97331
    Instance of → asset type, field of study, academic discipline +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1748]]: C97331"
  3. 7w ago · Daria Dombrovskaia-Beliaeva · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → asset type, field of study, academic discipline +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q116314845]]"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → intellectual-property
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: intellectual-property, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936505|intellectual property (#289936505)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1C6MUC
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 14w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → intelektine-nuosavybe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: intelektine-nuosavybe"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0301751-dusevni-vlastnictvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0301751-dusevni-vlastnictvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  8. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/intellectual-property, topic/intellectual-property-law
    Wikimedia outline → outline of intellectual property
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2013963
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3068, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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