Patent & trademark

Patent & trademark

Terms related to patent and trademark applications and infringement litigations. A patent is a form of intellectual property and associated rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time. A trademark, on the other hand, is a distinctive mark or name used by an individual or business organization to identify and distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.

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Nonprofit organisation

Legal services; Patent & trademark

For purposes of small entity determination per MPEP 509.02 - (1) a university or other institution of higher education located in any country; (2) an organisation of the type described in section ...

International preliminary examining authority (IPEA)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Either a national Office or an intergovernmental organisation whose tasks include the establishment of examination reports on inventions which are the subject of international applications.

Examiner automated search tools (EAST)

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A system used by patent examiners within the USPTO

Request for extension of time to file a statement of use

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Extension Request - a sworn statement signed by the owner or a person authorised to sign on behalf of the owner, stating that the applicant still has a bona fide intention to use the mark in ...

Collective mark

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A trademark or service mark used, or intended to be used, in commerce, by the members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization, including a mark that indicates ...

Registration

Legal services; Patent & trademark

Federal registration of trademarks involves the establishment of rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark. Although federal registration of trademarks is not required to use a trademark, ...

Continuation

Legal services; Patent & trademark

A second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional application and filed before the first application becomes abandoned or patented