[From my Webnote series]
Related:
- Types of Intellectual Property
- Stop calling patent and copyright “property”; stop calling copying “theft” and “piracy”
- All-In Podcast Concern over China and IP “Theft”
- Lacalle on China and IP “Theft”
- Bullard, “Is Intellectual Property Theft?”
“advocates for IP often cannot distinguish patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret from each other (and yet support them anyway)” The Problem with Intellectual Property, n.30
See also:
- “most of them do not and do not even know the difference between the different types of IP that they mindlessly support”. Objectivism and the Patent Bargain See comments about Orbaugh in KOL458 | Patent and Copyright versus Innovation, Competition, and Property Rights (APEE Guatemala 2025).
- “IP has nothing to do with plagiarism or fraud. This is a common confusion, often deliberately and dishonestly spread by those with vested IP interests trying to defend IP law; or by people who are ignorant about the differences yet feel compelled to pontificate on this topic in public anyway.” Intellectual Property Discussion with Mark Skousen




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