Abandonment

Definition:
An application that has been declared abandoned is "dead" and no longer pending. Abandonment occurs under several circumstances. The most common reason is when the USPTO does not receive a response to an Office Action letter.

Publisher Statement

Definition:
Text printed in each issue of a serial providing information such as the publication name, owner, staff, and frequency. This is generally found within the first few pages of text.

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.

Knock-Off

Definition:
An identical copy of a work or product protected by patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright. When used as a verb, the act of producing such a copy.

Coping

Definition:
In copyright law, "copying" denotes two separate but interrelated concepts. To constitute an infringement of copyright, a work must be a "copy" in the sense that it is substantially similar to a copyrighted work.

Publication

Definition:
The distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public.

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