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| Property resulting from intellectual and creative processes. |
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| A distinctive word, symbol, or design that identifies the manufacturer as the source of particular goods and distinguishes its products from those made or sold by others. |
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| A trademark that is used to distinguish the services (rather than the products) of one person or company from those of another. |
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| A mark used by one or more persons, other than the owner, to certify the region, materials, mode of manufacture, quality, or other characteristic of specific goods or services. |
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| A mark used by members of a cooperative, association, union, or other organization to certify the region, materials, mode of manufacture, quality, or other characteristic of specific goods or services. |
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| The image and overall appearance ("look and feel)" of a product that is protected by trademark law. |
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| A name that a business uses to identify itself and its brand. Is directly related to a business's reputation and goodwill and is protected under trademark law. |
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| An agreement by the owner of intellectual property to permit another to use a trademark, copyright, patent, or trade secret for certain limited purposes. |
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| A trademark in cyberspace. |
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| Part of an Internet address. |
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| The act of registering a domain name that is the same as, or confusingly similar to, the trademark of another and then offering to sell that domain name back to the trademark owner. |
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| A property right granted by the federal government that gives an inventor an exclusive right to make, use, sell, or offer to sell an invention in the United States for a limited time. |
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| The exclusive right of an author or originator of a literary or artistic production to publish, print, sell, or otherwise use that production for a statutory period of time. |
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| Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networking |
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| The sharing of resources (such as files, hard drives, and processing styles) among multiple computers. |
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| A network used by persons located (distributed) in different places to share computer files. |
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| A web-based service that extends a computer's software or storage capabilities by allowing users to remotely access excess storage and computing capacity as needed. |
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| A formula, device, idea, process, or other information used in a business that goes the owner a competitive advantage in the marketplace. |
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