And architectural designs represent only one of the many forms of user-contributed intellectual property (IP) that are redefining how people interact in online games.

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Built from HP's industry-leading server intellectual property (IP) and 10 years of extensive research from HP Labs, the company's central research arm, HP Moonshot delivers a significant improvement in energy, space, cost and simplicity.

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The new deal is a "multi-year" agreement to supply intellectual property (IP) licences and components.

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Black Duck's main offering, protexIP (IP, as in "intellectual property"), contains a library of open-source programs that software writers frequently incorporate into larger applications.

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But what if the industry, instead of continuing to waste all that money in mega-deals and duplicated effort, decided to revamp its intellectual property (IP) structure?

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He says securing intellectual property (IP) ownership has become increasingly challenging because of the volume of open-source knowledge and the huge number of existing patents.

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