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.

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.

Abandonment

Definition:
An application that has been declared abandoned is "dead" and no longer pending. Abandonment occurs under several circumstances. The most common reason is when the USPTO does not receive a response to an Office Action letter.

Right Of Publicity

Definition:
The inherent right of every human being to control the commercial use of his or her identity.

Appellation Of Origin

Definition:
A term that refers to both a product's geographic origin and to its distinctive product characteristics caused by particular geographic conditions or methods of production.

Equivalents, Doctrine Of

Definition:
A rule of claim interpretation under which a product or process, although not a literal infringement, is still an infringement if it performs substantially the same way as the patented invention.

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