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An intangible good is something that provides utility which does not have a physical nature, as opposed to a physical good (an object).^[1] Intangible goods do not have a physical presence, but "ownership rights exist for them (established with patents and copyrights), they can be stored, and their ownership transferred."^[2]

Digital goods such as downloadable music, mobile apps or virtual goods used in virtual economies are proposed to be examples of intangible goods.^[3] Other examples of intangible goods include "scientific inventions, and "originals" such as the words in a book manuscript or the images stored on a film master."^[4] Another example of a category of intangible goods is intellectual property.^[5]

In contrast, tangible goods have a physical presence. Examples include newspapers, music CDs, and movie DVDs. These are the "physical expression of intangible goods that can be copyrighted." ^[6]

• Service-goods continuum

• Bannock, Graham et al.. (1997). Dictionary of Economics, Penguin Books.
• Hill, Peter 1999. "Tangibles, intangibles and services: a new taxonomy for the classification of output." Canadian Journal of Economics. Vol. 32, no. 2. April. p. 426-447.
• Milgate, Murray (1987), "goods and commodities," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 2, pp. 546–48. Includes historical and contemporary uses of the terms in economics.