Royalty is a compensation to the owner of intellectual property or natural resources for the right to use or profit from the property. Often, owners of intellectual property such as music or books contract with companies to sell and...
intellectual property
rule of doubt
The Rule of Doubt is a U.S. Copyright Office rule that presumptively accepts copyright registration of a claim containing software object code, even though the Office cannot verify whether the software object code contains copyrightable work...
secondary meaning
A secondary meaning is an additional meaning acquired by a non-distinct trademark through its commercial use. To acquire federal trademark protection, a non-distinctive mark must become associated with a single commercial source in the minds...
service mark
A service mark is a mark used to distinguish the services provided by one person or company from services provided by others. The term "service" applies only to services rendered to others; it does not apply to services that are solely for...
small entity
Under U.S. patent law, the fees to be paid to the patent office (USPTO) depend on the applicant’s status. For the purposes of paying patent fees, 37 CFR 1.27, explains that to qualify as a small entity, one must either be:
An...sound recording
Under the Copyright Act, a sound recording is defined as a work consisting of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, fixed in a tangible medium (e.g. a disk, tape, or phonorecord). However, the sounds accompanying a motion picture or...
specification
Specification in a legal context means:
The action of providing a detailed statement under a contract regarding quality, measurements, or otherwise. Concerning patents, it is the section of the patent application that describes how an...statutory subject matter
To qualify as patentable subject matter, an invention must satisfy two criteria: statutory, and judicial.
35 U.S.C. Section 101, requires that to qualify as statutory subject matter, the subject matter of the invention must...
sui generis
Sui generis is a Latin expression that translates to “of its own kind.” It refers to anything that is peculiar to itself; of its own kind or class. In legal contexts, sui generis denotes an independent legal classification.
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Supplemental Register
Supplemental Register is the secondary register of trademarks maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Supplemental Register provides limited trademark rights and benefits and consists of marks that do not...