Tangible and intangible things and their corresponding legal rights

Right of an owner of property to an increase in that property

Purely intangible personal property that one cannot touch or move

Property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies

A person’s will, especially the part relating to personal property

Land, water, and minerals in the earth; airspace above the land; and things permanently attached to the land

Ownership existing when two or more persons have the same ownership rights in the same property

Protects the expression of a creative work, such as the work of an artist, author, or composer

The state of being responsible for something, especially by law

Someone who gains patents for the sole purpose of suing people who infringe on their patents instead of making something

Tangible, movable property and intangible property

Attribute of co-ownership which allows any co-owner to require the division, usually financial, of the property among the co-owners

Unauthorized copying, sale, display, or performance of a copyrighted work

An amount of money or property that is left to someone in a will

Property owned equally by spouses

Property that the owner unknowingly leaves somewhere or accidentally drops

Ownership in which one person owns all of the personal or real property involved

Limited use of copyrighted works by critics, researchers, news reporters, and educators

The holding of an estate or property jointly by two or more parties, the share of each passing to the other or others on death

Unpatented formula or process not known to others and which is valuable in business

Property that is intentionally placed somewhere but then forgotten

Right of one joint tenant to ownership of property when the other joint tenant dies

A unique word, mark, symbol, or device that identifies a product of a particular manufacturer or merchant

Assets in a deceased person’s estate after all gifts are bequeathed and debts, taxes, administrative costs, probate fees and court costs are paid

The share of any beneficiary that precedes you in death is shared equally among the remaining beneficiaries