Glossary Terms Related To International Copyright & Copyright Topics

Trade Name

Definition:
A symbol used to identify and distinguish companies, partnerships, and businesses, as opposed to marks used to identify and distinguish goods or services.

EFS-ABX

Definition:
Electronic Filing System Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool (for patent applications); superceded by EFS-Web

Joint Inventor

Definition:
An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention set forth in at least one claim in a patent application.

Likelihood Of Confusion

Definition:
A statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d), TMEP §1207 et seq.) for refusing registration of a trademark or service mark because it is likely to conflict with a mark or marks already registered or pendingbefore the USPTO.

Confirmation Number

Definition:
Four-digit number that is assigned to each newly filed patent application. The confirmation number, in combination with the application number, is used to verify the accuracy of the application number placed on correspondence filed with the Office.

Liability with Fault

Definition:
A legal doctrine that holds that intellectual property right infringement is subjective; infringers must know or have reason to know that the conduct is infringing.



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