Z:gnu-www-ja-words-to-avoid--0d3bce-Publishers and lawyers like to/en

Publishers and lawyers like to describe copyright as &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo;&mdash;a term also applied to patents, trademarks, and other more obscure areas of law. These laws have so little in common, and differ so much, that it is ill-advised to generalize about them. It is best to talk specifically about &ldquo;copyright,&rdquo; or about &ldquo;patents,&rdquo; or about &ldquo;trademarks.&rdquo;