Tradenark Glossary Terms - helpful related terms

Canceled

Definition:
Trademark registration is no longer viable. It may be due to the registrant's failure to file the required continued use affidavit under Section 8 of the Trademark Act,

Functionality

Definition:
That aspect of design that makes a product work better for its intended purpose, as opposed to making the product look better or to identifying its commercial source.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Definition:
A major piece of U.S. legislation adopted in 1998 that extensively amended the copyright laws, in part to conform U.S. law to various treaty obligations, and in part to modernize the law to take into account various new digital technologies.

EBC

Definition:
Electronic Business Center - includes links to Patents EBC and Trademarks EBC - a web page containing hyperlinks to all online systems for conducting electronic commerce with the USPTO.

Washington Treaty

Definition:
China was among the first countries to sign this treaty, but the United States and Japan did not sign it due to disagreements with compulsory licences, the treatment of innocent infringement, and the protection of designs when they are incorporated in industrial products.

Ordinary Skill in the Art

Definition:
That level of technical knowledge, experience, and expertise possessed by the run-of-the-mill or ordinary engineer, scientist, or designer in the technology that is relevant to the invention. 

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