Last week's question: A growing number of Millennial newlyweds are signing intellectual prenups, which ban couples from stealing each others ideas for software, apps, songs, novels and more should they ever divorce. Please come up with a new legal term to describe these distinctly unromantic agreements.
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THE WINNER: "Data mine-ing"
Joanne Sullivan, New York City
SECOND PLACE: "Statute of imitations"
Dick LaVine, New York City
THIRD PLACE: "Start-nups"
Diane Erickson, Prescott Valley, Ariz.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Brain distrust"
Bridget Dillon, Seattle
"Founders keepers"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
"App-idavit"
Emily Aborn, Temple, N.H.
"Unmeeting of the Minds"
Kathy El-Assal, Middleton, Wis.
"No-longer-sweethearts deal"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Pre-nope"
Traci Morena, Brookfield, Conn.
"To have and to hold on to"
John LaBorde, Loveland, Colo.
"Sign on the dot.com line"
Elizabeth Ferry Pekins, Lampasas, Texas
"No thought divorce"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.
"Imminent dough-main"
Donald Kogan, Boca Raton, Fla.
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Venezuela: The ‘Donroe doctrine’ takes shapeFeature President Trump wants to impose “American dominance”
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
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Nigeria confused by Trump invasion threatSpeed Read Trump has claimed the country is persecuting Christians
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Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s Iron Lady set to be the country’s first woman prime ministerIn the Spotlight Takaichi is a member of Japan’s conservative, nationalist Liberal Democratic Party
