Cancellation Proceeding

Definition:
A proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which the plaintiff seeks to cancel an existing registration of a mark. The proceeding may only be filed after issuance of a registration. A petition for cancellation may be filed by any person who believes that he or she is or will be damaged by the registration of the mark.

Idea-Expression Dichotomy

Definition:
The fundamental rule of law that copyright does not protect an idea; copyright protects only specific expressions of an idea.

Field Of Use Restriction

Definition:
A provision in an intellectual property license restricting the licensee to use of the licensed property only in a defined product or service market.

Generic Term

Definition:
Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services. These terms are incapable of functioning as trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Principal Register under §2(f) or on the Supplemental Register.

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.

Geneva Phonograms Convention

Definition:
Known formally as the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms.

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