The Statute of Monopolies (1624) and the British Statute of Anne (1710) are seen as the origins of patent law and copyright respectively,[8] firmly establishing the concept of intellectual property.
The first known use of the term intellectual property dates to 1769, when a piece published in the Monthly Review used the phrase.[9] The first clear example of modern usage goes back as early as 1808, when it was used as a heading title in a collection of essays.[10] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property