Glossary Terms Related To Patent Invention & Copyright Topics

Economic Espionage Act

Definition:
A U.S. statute, adopted in 1996, which provides criminal penalties for the theft of trade secrets. The EEA makes it illegal to steal or fraudulently obtain trade secrets for the benefit of a foreign government, instrumentality, or agent and steal trade secrets that benefit "anyone other than the owner."

Unfair Competition

Definition:
Commercial conduct that the law views as unjust. A person injured by an act of unfair competition is entitled to relief in a civil action against the perpetrator of the act.

Multiple Dependent Claim

Definition:
A dependent claim which further limits and refers back in the alternative to more than one preceding independent or dependent claim.

Copyright Date

Definition:
The date of the copyright as given in the book, usually on the back of the title page. The most recent copyright date is used. Copyright is the exclusive right to publish, reproduce, and sell a literary or an artistic work.

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.

IFW

Definition:
Image File Wrapper -- an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.



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