Intellectual Property

definite costs that result from infringement of intellectual property

process in court by an injured party to recover damages for harm or the violation of rights

protection of an original work that arises as soon as the original work is published

exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something

most recent law passed by Congress to protect a creator's right in original work from unauthorized use

legal concept that allows limited use of copyrighted material for specific purposes without the permission of the copyright owner

unauthorized use of copyrighted or patented intellectual property; can result in legal penalties

court order that compels a party to rectify a legal issue or refrain from a specific act that threatened or invaded the legal right of another

creations of the human mind; the expression of ideas, concepts, and inventions

law passed by Congress that provides for the registration of trademarks and protects them from unauthorized use

agreement between the owner of an intellectual property and another party that allows the other party to use the intellectual property

intellectual property that protects an invention, process, or machine

law passed by Congress to protect inventors from unauthorized use of their inventions

things that are not diminished in quality or quantity by use and are provided without profit to all members of society

judicial relief in civil litigation for unauthorized use of a copyrighted, trademarked, or patented piece of intellectual property

symbol, motto, device, or image used to distinguish similar products from one another; for example, the Nike "swoosh"

use of copyrighted material that is different from the use that was originally intended for the material

agency of the federal government that registers original material and issues copyrights for that material

agency of the federal government that registers inventions, issues patents, and registers trademarks