Deceased Inventor

Definition:
A named inventor who has died prior to the filing of a patent application or during the prosecution of a patent application.

Musical Work

Definition:
A category of copyrightable work expressed in notation or sounds. A musical work can be embodied and fixed in physical objects that are classified as either "copies" (sheet music) or "phonorecords" (e.g., compact discs or tapes).

USTR

Definition:
The U.S. Trade Representative is a a cabinet-level official, with the rank of ambassador, who is the principal adviser to the U.S. president on international trade policy.

Generic Name

Definition:
A word used by most people to name a class or category of product or service, such as "cellular phone." No one person may have trademark rights to a generic name.

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Definition:
The Patent Cooperation Treaty enables an inventor to file a single international application in addition to the main patent application filed in a treaty-member country; this simplifies the process of an applicant's seeking a patent on the same invention in more than one nation.

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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