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What's Mine is Yours: General Intellectual Property

by Carole Vansickle

Public domain means available to all.

General Intellectual Property consists of things that have been in the public eye for so long that they no longer are protected by copyright laws. You can use general intellectual property in many ways, but you need to be sure that it is now public.

Introduction to Intellectual Property

How to Use General Intellectual Property

Protecting Intellectual Property

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