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Question: I’ve heard about a poor man’s copyright. What is it?

Answer:"The practice of sending a copy of your own work to yourself is sometimes called a poor man’s copyright. There is no provision in the copyright law regarding any such type of protection, and it is not a substitute for registration. "


Glossary Terms Related To Database Protection & Copyright Topics

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.

Likelihood Of Confusion

Definition:
A statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d), TMEP §1207 et seq.) for refusing registration of a trademark or service mark because it is likely to conflict with a mark or marks already registered or pendingbefore the USPTO.

Knock-Off

Definition:
An identical copy of a work or product protected by patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright. When used as a verb, the act of producing such a copy.

Joint Inventor

Definition:
An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention set forth in at least one claim in a patent application.

Fastener Quality Act

Definition:
Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5401 et seq., as amended by Public Law 104-113, Public Law 105-234, and Public Law 106-34); implementing regulations: 15 C.F.R. Part 280.

Substantial Similarity

Definition:
The degree of resemblance between a copyrighted work and a second work that is sufficient to constitute copyright infringement by the second work. Exact word-for-word or line-for-line identity does not define the limits of copyright infringement.



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Special 301

Definition:
A statute that requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to identify, on an annual basis, those foreign territories that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or fair and equitable market access for Americans relying on intellectual property protection.

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