Intellectual property rights protect innovations and their authors. This review describes the concepts of copyright and patent with their relative merits and drawbacks. An understanding of intellectual property rights is important for doctors to allow protection of their work but should not be at the expense of scientific progress.
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Med Univ S Carolina, Gazes Cardiac Res Inst 213, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, Charleston, SC 29425 USAMed Univ S Carolina, Gazes Cardiac Res Inst 213, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, Charleston, SC 29425 USA