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What do Patent Lawyers Do?
"Intellectual Property" careers.Did you know that someone can own an idea, just the way your people own a house? This kind of ownership is called "intellectual" property. Patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights are forms of intellectual property. People who work in these areas look at how ideas get used or abused. For example: