Directions: Cloze: fill in the blank with the words in the left column. A. Monopoly B. criminal law C. granted D. infringement E. industrial applicability F. Violation G. disclosure H. distinguishes I. recognizable J. trademark K. original L. copyright M. exclude N. patent Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the intellect for which a (1) is assigned to designated owners by law. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are the protections (2)to the creators of IP, and include trademarks, copyright, patents, industrial design rights, and in some jurisdictions trade secrets. Artistic works including music and literature, as well as discoveries, inventions, words, phrases, symbols, and designs can all be protected as intellectual property.A (3) is a form of right granted by the government to an inventor, giving the owner the right to (4) others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem, which may be a product or a process and generally has to fulfil three main requirements: it has to be new, not obvious and there needs to be an (5).A (6) gives the creator of an (7) work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Copyright may apply to a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms, or "works". Copyright does not cover ideas and information themselves, only the form or manner in which they are expressed.A (8) is a (9) sign, design or expression which (10) products or services of a particular trader from the similar products or services of other traders.The stated objective of most intellectual property law is to "Promote progress." By exchanging limited exclusive rights for (11) of inventions and creative works, society and the patentee/copyright owner mutually benefit, and an incentive is created for inventors and authors to create and disclose their work.(12) of intellectual property rights, called "(13)" with respect to patents, copyright, and trademarks, and "misappropriation" with respect to trade secrets, may be a breach of civil law or (14), depending on the type of intellectual property involved, jurisdiction, and the nature of the action.