Glossary Terms Related To Audiovisual Works & Copyright Topics

End User Piracy

Definition:
When a business or agency purchases a limited number of licenses to use software, and then makes unauthorized copies for use by others in the organization.

Access Category

Definition:
A term that identifies the level of accessibility to an item (e.g., viewing copy, service copy, master, archival master).

Non-final Office Action

Definition:
An Office action letter that raises new issues and usually is the first phase of the examination process. An examining attorney will issue a non-final Office action after reviewing the application for the first time. If a new issue arises after the applicant responds to the first non-final Office action, the examining attorney will issue another non-final Office action that sets forth the new issue(s) and continues any that remain outstanding.

Cybersquatting

Definition:
The practice of registering a well-known domain name (e.g. mcdonalds.com) in hopes of either selling it at a big profit to the trademark owner, or to help sell one's own goods to people confused by the similarity between the cybersquatter's web address and the trademark company's name.

Book

Definition:
A monograph or serial made up of text pages bound together in some fashion.

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.



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