Glossary Terms Related To Internet Copywrite & Copyright Topics

Secondary Meaning

Definition:
A meaning for a trademark or service mark that customers associate with a particular brand of products or services. For trade symbols that are not inherently distinctive, distinctiveness must be acquired in order to be protected by a trademark or service mark.

Obviousness

Definition:
A condition of non-patentability in which an invention cannot receive a valid patent because a person with ordinary skill in that technology can readily deduce it from publicly available information (prior art).

Substantial Similarity

Definition:
The degree of resemblance between a copyrighted work and a second work that is sufficient to constitute copyright infringement by the second work. Exact word-for-word or line-for-line identity does not define the limits of copyright infringement.

Gray Market Goods

Definition:
Goods legitimately manufactured overseas, bearing a genuine trademark, but then imported by a party other than the trademark holder or authorized importer.

1992 MOU

Definition:
China agreed to provide improved protection for U.S. inventions and copyrighted works, including computer software and sound recordings, and trade secrets.

Joint Inventors

Definition:
Two or more inventors of a single invention who collaborate in the inventive process.



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