Counterfeit

Definition:
In general, counterfeit goods are copied and packaged to resemble genuine/legitimate goods as closely as possible. The legitimate producer's trademarks and logos are reproduced in order to deceive consumers into thinking they are buying the genuine merchandise.

Cybersquatting

Definition:
The practice of registering a well-known domain name (e.g. mcdonalds.com) in hopes of either selling it at a big profit to the trademark owner, or to help sell one's own goods to people confused by the similarity between the cybersquatter's web address and the trademark company's name.

Misappropriation

Definition:
A common-law form of unfair competition where the defendant has copied or appropriated some item or creation of the plaintiff that is not protected by either patent law, copyright law, trademark law, or any other traditional theory of exclusive rights.

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.

Appellation Of Origin

Definition:
A term that refers to both a product's geographic origin and to its distinctive product characteristics caused by particular geographic conditions or methods of production.

Novelty

Definition:
"One of the three conditions that an invention must meet in order to be patentable. Novelty is present if every element of the claimed invention is not disclosed in a single piece of prior art."

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