Property is anything (items or attributes/tangible or intangible) that can be owned by a person or entity. Property is the most complete right to something; the owner can possess, use, transfer or dispose of it. According to California Civil...
intellectual property
provisional patent application (PPA)
A provisional patent application, or PPA, is an application an inventor files before the formal patent claim is ready. A PPA allows the inventor to establish an early effective filing date in a later filed nonprovisional patent application.
...PTO
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or just PTO) is the federal agency responsible for granting U.S. patents and registering U.S. trademarks. The USPTO is the sole entity capable of granting patents and trademarks legally...
public domain
The public domain includes creative works and knowledge that are no longer protected by a copyright, trademark, or patent. These works are considered part of the public domain because their legal protections have expired, been forfeited, or...
publication
A publication is the act of making something known to the public at large to inspect or scrutinize. This is done to convey knowledge or give notice.
In the context of copyright law, publication is an important concept and...
publish
To publish means to make a publication; to give publicity to a work; to make a work available to the public in physical or electronic form; to circulate or distribute a work to the general public.
In the context of...
published work
The term “published work” is often used in copyright law. For works created on or after January 1, 1978, under Title 17 of U.S. Code §101, both published and unpublished works are copyright-protectable. Published works refers to works that...
read on
In patent law, when one device contains substantially identical features of another device, is it said to “read on” that device. Buehler AG v. Ocrim S.p.A. Ocrim American, Inc., a Northern District of Texas case, offers a definition by describing that...
reexamination
In patent law, reexamination is a proceeding that may be requested from the Patent and Trademark Office to determine whether prior art invalidates one or more claims of a previously granted patent.
In trial procedure,...
rejoinder
A rejoinder is a legal response given by the defendant to the plaintiff’s response in the pretrial phase of a civil lawsuit. Rejoinders allow the defendant to address any new points or issues raised by the plaintiff in their reply, ensuring...