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1Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …
2patent pool — noun 1. : a pool or combination in which the agreements are enforced by centralized control of essential patent rights 2. : an arrangement of cross licensing in which several patent owners join together to make individually held patents available …
3Digital rights management — (DRM) is a term for access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to limit the use of digital content and devices. The term is used to describe any technology that inhibits uses …
4Open patent — The open patent movement seeks to build a portfolio of patented inventions that can freely be distributed under a copyleft like license. These works could be used as is, or improved, in which case the patent improvement would have to be re… …
5Defensive patent aggregation — A defensive patent aggregation (DPA) is the purchasing of patents or patent rights to keep such patents out of the hands of entities that would assert them against operating companies. The opposite is offensive patent aggregation (OPA) which is… …
6Intellectual rights to magic methods — refers to the legal and ethical debate about the extent to which proprietary or exclusive rights may subsist in the methods or processes by which magic tricks or illusions are performed. It is a subject of some controversy. On one side, many… …
7Open Rights Group — ORG redirects here. For other uses, see ORG (disambiguation). Open Rights Group Abbreviation ORG Formation 2005, UK Type Non profit organisation Purpose/focus Law, Advocacy, Digital Rights …
8National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center — Agency overview Formed 2000 Jurisdiction United States The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Ce …
9cross-licensing — An arrangement by which businesses share patent rights through licensing agreements so that they can use each other s inventions …
10Royalties — Not to be confused with Royal family. Royalty cheque. Royalties (sometimes, running royalties, or private sector taxes) are usage based payments made by one party (the licensee ) to another (the licensor ) for the right to ongoing use of an asset …
