n.a type of property representing works of the mind governed by copyright, patent, and trademark lawSAA 1997In addition, documents found in archives are often of uncertain authorship, date, and provenance. It is frankly impossible to determine who owns the intellectual property in most of the billions of documents found in archives.Parezo 1999, 285Access, publication, and reuse issues, which are increasingly being discussed under the rubric of intellectual property rights and in debates over the ownership of knowledge and the right or responsibility to speak about certain topics, are analogous to copyright pertaining to published materials as well as to matters of human remains and cultural patrimony. Behrnd-Klodt 2008, 271Anyone who wishes to publish, reproduce, or use intellectual property, as well as archivists who hold images and records, particularly of or from contemporary sources, which touch on areas of copyright, trademark, or patent law, should be aware of the possible intersections of rights involved.WIPO 2020Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
