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Glossary Terms Related To Reproduction & Copyright Topics
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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.
IFW
Definition:
Image File Wrapper -- an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.
End User Piracy
Definition:
When a business or agency purchases a limited number of licenses to use software, and then makes unauthorized copies for use by others in the organization.
Intellectual Property Rights
Definition:
Intellectual property rights enable owners to select who may access and use their property, and to protect it from unauthorized use; the major legal mechanisms for protecting intellectual property rights are copyrights, patents, and trademarks.
Author
Definition:
Either the real person who creates a copyrightable work or the employer, corporate or individual, of a person who creates a copyrightable work within the scope of employment, or in some circumstances, the commissioning party of certain specified types of works.
Moral Rights
Definition:
Moral rights generally fall into categories: the right of an author to receive credit as the author of a work, to prevent others from falsely being named author, and to prevent use of the author's name in connection with works the author did not create.
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