Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets. Intellectual property law involves advising and assisting individuals and businesses on the development, use, and protection of intellectual property -- which includes ideas, artistic creations, engineering processes, scientific inventions, and more.
Turners is a small unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri, United States. It lies about five miles east of Springfield at the intersection of Route D and Route J. At one time it was a passenger stop along the railway. Today it has a store with a post office, a cemetery, and a couple of houses. Turners is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.