Richard Stallman gives the example of a law professor who refers to patents and copyrights collectively as intellectual property when he knows that it doesn't a

Richard Stallman gives the example of a law professor who refers to patents and copyrights collectively as intellectual property when he knows that it doesn't apply to tramemarks. Others might not get the distinction. This isn't pedantry. Richard Stallman explains that the conflation is relatively recent and prior to this, case law set very distinct properties for each class.