Tradenark Glossary Terms - helpful related terms

Trademark Registration

Definition:
Involves the establishment of rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark.

Trademark Registration

Definition:
Involves the establishment of rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark.

PrinTEAS

Definition:
A former feature of the USPTO's electronic filing system that allowed applicants to complete a trademark application on-line, and then print it out for mailing to the USPTO.

Misappropriation

Definition:
A common law form of unfair competition in which an individual or firm copies or appropriates some creation of another that is not protected by patent, copyright, or trademark law, or any other traditional theory of exclusive rights.

Contributory Infringement

Definition:
Indirect infringement of intellectual property rights in which one person contributes to the direct act of infringement of another.

Fair Use

Definition:
A defense to a charge of copyright or trademark infringement. 

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