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71Trademark distinctiveness — is an important concept in the law governing trademarks and service marks. A trademark may be eligible for registration, or registrable, if amongst other things it performs the essential trademark function, and has distinctive character.… …
72copier — /kop ee euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that copies; copyist. 2. photocopier. 3. See copying machine. [1590 1600; COPY + ER1] * * * …
73jamproof — /jam proohf /, adj. built so as to prevent jamming: a jamproof copying machine. [JAM1 + PROOF] * * * …
74CoStar v. LoopNet — CoStar Group, Inc. v. LoopNet, Inc., 373 F.3d 544 (4th Cir. 2004), is a United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision about whether LoopNet should be held directly liable for CoStar’s copyrighted photographs posted by LoopNet’s… …
75xeroxlore — (ZEE.roks.lohr) n. A modern form of folklore in which anecdotes, lists, jokes, sayings, and urban myths are propagated via photocopied documents. Also: xerox lore. Example Citation: When the photocopier (or Xerox) entered offices in the 60s,… …
76mimeograph — (n.) 1889, copying machine (invented by Edison), from Gk. mimeisthai to mimic, represent, imitate, portray, in art, to express by means of imitation, from mimos mime (see MIME (Cf. mime) (n.)) + graphos, from graphein to write (see GRAPHY (Cf.… …
77photocopy — (v.) 1924 in the sense of make a photographic reproduction, from PHOTO (Cf. photo ) light + COPY (Cf. copy) (v.). The usual modern meaning arose 1942 with the advent of xerography. The noun is recorded from 1934. Photostat (1911) was a type of… …
78xerography — n. form of photography done by copying machine …
79copier — cop•i•er [[t]ˈkɒp i ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that copies; copyist 2) pht photocopier 3) mac pht copying machine • Etymology: 1590–1600 …
80crank something up — 1. tv. to start something up. □ I’ll go out and crank the car up so it can warm up. CD Crank up the copying machine. We’ve got a big job to do. 2. tv. to increase the volume of an electronic device. □ He cranked it up a little more and CRACK,… …
