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| Property resulting from intellectual, creative processes |
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| A grant from the govt that gives an inventor exclusive rights to an invention |
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| The right of an author/originator of a literary/artistic work/production that falls w/in a specified category, to have the exclusive use of that work for a given period of time |
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TRADEMARK
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| Any distinctive word, name, symbol, device, image, appearance, or combination thereof that an entity uses to distinguish its goods/svcs from those of others. Owner has exclusive right to use that trade or dress |
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| Any info that a business possesses & that gives bus advantage over compt. (inc. formulas, lists, patterns, plans, processes, programs) |
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| A trademark in cyberspace |
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| The last part of an internet address, such as "westlaw.com". The top level indicates the type of entity that operates the site. ".com" = commercial. Second level is chosen by entity |
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| The act of registering a domain name that is the same as. or confusingly similar to, the trademark of another ?& then offering to sell that domain name back to the trademark owner |
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| An exc. to liability for copyright infringement. In certain instances, a person/org can reproduce cpyr'd material w/o paying royalties |
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| The sharing of resources (files, HDs, processing styles) among computers w/o really req'g a central network server |
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