Washington Treaty

Definition:
Formally known as The Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits; China was among the first countries to sign this treaty, but the United States and Japan did not sign it due to disagreements with compulsory licences.

License

Definition:
A permission to use an intellectual property right, under defined conditions -- as to time, context, market line, or territory. In intellectual property law, important distinctions exist between "exclusive licenses" and "nonexclusive licenses."

Universal Copyright Convention

Definition:
The UCC was created in 1952 through UNESCO to provide an international multilateral copyright treaty; the UCC remains significant in the countries that are UCC but not Berne Union members.

IFW

Definition:
Image File Wrapper -- an electronic version of a patent application, including image and/or text versions of the bibliographic information, all papers as filed, and all office actions and correspondence related to that application.

Best Mode

Definition:
A condition for the grant of a valid patent. An inventor must describe the best method he or she knows for carrying out the invention.

Watch List

Definition:
Official U.S. designation that describes the level of intellectual property problems in a given country; countries having some intellectual property problems -- but not serious enough to be placed on the "Priority Watch List".

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