Commercial exploitation is a term referring to all activities used to benefit commercially from one's property.
Whether a party can commercially exploit their property depends on what kind of property it is and in what manner that property is owned.
Under the Copyright Act, a compilation is a "work formed by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship.
Compulsory license is a statutorily created license that allows the use of copyrighted materials without the explicit permission of the copyright owner. In exchange, a royalty is paid to the copyright holder.
Computer and internet fraud entails the criminal use of a computer or the Internet and can take many different forms. While some argue that “hacking” is a neutral term (see United States v.
Confusingly similar, is a standard test that is applied to see whether a potential trademark conflicts with an existing trademark for the trademark registration purpose.
An example of confusingly similar in trademark law is when a symbol or logo is so exceedingly similar to an existing trademark that the public might mistake the symbol with the existing one.
Contributory infringement is a form of secondary liability for direct infringement of a patent, copyright, or trademark. It is a means by which a person may be held
A cookie is data created by an internet server while browsing a website that is sent to a web browser. The browser stores the information in a text file, and re-sends that information to the server each time the browser accesses the server. The main purpose of a cookie is to help the server identify the browser. Websites may use cookies to identify and track users, update user preferences, or to save users previously entered information; such as names, addresses, or passwords.
A copy means an imitation or reproduction or duplicate of an original. Some common uses of the term “copy” in a legal sense include:
Copyright is the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something.
Copyright and patent powers refers to the federal government’s ability under Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution to create and control a federal copyright and patent system.
