Copycat refers to a person who copies some aspect of some thing or somebody else. Copycat may also refer to:

Intellectual property rights

Copyright infringement Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, ...

, use of another’s ideas or words without permission * Patent infringement, a violation of patent protection *

Plagiarism Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 '' Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close imitation of the language and though ...

, the representation of another's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own * '' Shanzhai'', a term denoting plagiarized design or technology in China *

Trademark infringement Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attached to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the licence). Infringement may ...

, a violation of trademark protection

Crime

* Copycat crime, a criminal act that is modeled on previous crimes that have been reported in the media * Copycat suicide, suicide inspired by or replicating another's suicide attempt

Science and technology

Copycat (software) Copycat is a model of analogy making and human cognition based on the concept of the parallel terraced scan, developed in 1988 by Douglas Hofstadter, Melanie Mitchell, and others at thCenter for Research on Concepts and Cognition Indiana Univ ...

, a computer model of analogy-making *

CC (cat) CC, for " CopyCat" ''or'' " Carbon Copy" (December 22, 2001 – March 3, 2020), was a brown tabby and white domestic shorthair and the first cloned pet. She was cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University in conjunction with Genetic S ...

(born 2001), first cloned pet

Television and film

* ''Copycat'' (film), a 1995 thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter *''Copycat'', a competition series broadcast by MTV * ''Copy Cats'' (TV series), British Comedy sketch show from 1985 to 1987 broadcast on ITV *'' Copycats'', a British children's game show *'' Copycat Singers'', a musical gameshow broadcast by TV3 Sweden *The Copycat, an episode of '' The Real Ghostbusters'' *Copycat, an episode of '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir''

Music

* ''Copy Cats'' (album), a 1988 album by Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin * "Copycat" (The Cranberries song) * "Copycat" (Billie Eilish song) * "Copycat" (Patrick Ouchène song) *"Copycat", a song by gothic metal band Lacrimosa *"Copycat", a song by CircusP feat. GUMI. *"Copy Cat", a song by Melanie Martinez

Characters

* Copycat (Marvel Comics), a comic book character in the Marvel Universe *The Copycats, a musical band of cats in the cartoon '' Kidd Video'' *Copycat, a character in the '' Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', and ''

Yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In ...

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Other uses

*CopyCat, a power in the board game '' Cosmic Encounter'' * ''Copy Cats'' (short story collection), a short story collection by David Crouse * Copycat Building, building built in 1897 as a manufacturing warehouse *

Copycat Recipes Copycat refers to a person who copies some aspect of some thing or somebody else. Copycat may also refer to: Intellectual property rights * Copyright infringement, use of another’s ideas or words without permission * Patent infringement, a ...

, recipes that taste like restaurant recipes.