Tradenark Glossary Terms - helpful related terms

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.

Trademark Application

Definition:
A document by which a person requests a federal trademark registration.

Demand

Definition:
Form PCT/IPEA/401, filed with an International Preliminary Examining Authority, demanding that an international application shall be the subject of an international preliminary examination.

Notice

Definition:
A formal sign or notification attached to physical objects that embody or reproduce an intellectual property right -- for example, the use of the word "patent" or its abbreviation, "pat.," together with the patent number, on a patented article made by a patent holder or his/her licensees.

Dilution

Definition:
A type of infringement of a trademark in which the defendant's use, while not causing likelihood of confusion, tarnishes the image or blurs the distinctiveness of the owner's mark. 

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