Design Patent

Definition:
A government grant of exclusive rights in a novel, nonobvious, and ornamental industrial design. A design patent confers the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling designs that closely resemble the patented design.

Idea-Expression Dichotomy

Definition:
The fundamental rule of law that copyright does not protect an idea; copyright protects only specific expressions of an idea.

Gray Market Goods

Definition:
Goods legitimately manufactured overseas, bearing a genuine trademark, but then imported by a party other than the trademark holder or authorized importer.

Notice

Definition:
A formal sign or notification attached to physical objects that embody or reproduce an intellectual property right -- for example, the use of the word "patent" or its abbreviation.

1992 MOU

Definition:
China agreed to provide improved protection for U.S. inventions and copyrighted works, including computer software and sound recordings, and trade secrets.

First Sale Doctrine

Definition:
An exception to the exclusive right of a copyright owner to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work. Under this principle, the copyright owner has the right to sell a copy of a book but not the right to control subsequent sales of that copy.

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