Soft intellectual property

Soft intellectual property ("soft IP") is sometimes used to refer to trademarks, copyright, design rights and passing off, in contrast to "hard intellectual property", which is sometimes used to refer to patents.^[1]^[2] Use of this phrase is controversial among IP practitioners.^[3]^[4]

In the semiconductor industry the term has a different meaning described at Types of IP cores.

References

^ Specialisations: IP Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Law Careers.net. Consulted on March 14, 2009.
^ ip4inno web site, Topic Browser. Consulted on March 14, 2009.
^ Eric Goldman, Let's Stop Using the Term “Soft IP,” Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Jan. 8, 2013
^ Amanda Levendowski, Hard Truths About Soft IP, Colum. L. Rev. Forum (2023 Forthcoming)

[1] Specialisations: IP Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Law Careers.net. Consulted on March 14, 2009.

[2] 4inno web site, Topic Browser. Consulted on March 14, 2009.

[3] Eric Goldman, Let's Stop Using the Term “Soft IP,” Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Jan. 8, 2013

[4] Amanda Levendowski, Hard Truths About Soft IP, Colum. L. Rev. Forum (2023 Forthcoming)

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