Z:gnu-www-ja-not-ipr--1f6deb-In practice, nearly all genera/en

In practice, nearly all general statements you encounter that are formulated using &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; will be false. For instance, you'll see claims that &ldquo;its&rdquo; purpose is to &ldquo;promote innovation&rdquo;, but that only fits patent law and perhaps plant variety monopolies. Copyright law is not concerned with innovation; a pop song or novel is copyrighted even if there is nothing innovative about it. Trademark law is not concerned with innovation; if I start a tea store and call it &ldquo;rms tea&rdquo;, that would be a solid trademark even if I sell the same teas in the same way as everyone else. Trade secret law is not concerned with innovation, except tangentially; my list of tea customers would be a trade secret with nothing to do with innovation.