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The term is derived from German. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geistiges_Eigentum http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geistiges_Eigentum It dates back at least 150 ye
by SeanLuke 13y ago
The term is derived from German. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geistiges_Eigentum http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geistiges_Eigentum
It dates back at least 150 years.
- Zigurd 13y agoBefore the 1940s that phrase in German would have translated to something other than "intellectual property." "Geistiges" doesn't translate that way in any other context.