Counterfeit

Definition:
In general, counterfeit goods are copied and packaged to resemble genuine/legitimate goods as closely as possible. The legitimate producer's trademarks and logos are reproduced in order to deceive consumers into thinking they are buying the genuine merchandise.

Intent To Use

Definition:
ITU - refers to the intent-to-use filing basis provided for in Trademark Act. Applicants who have not yet used (in commerce that can be regulated by Congress) the mark they wish to register may file a trademark application under this filing basis.

Generic Term

Definition:
Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services. These terms are incapable of functioning as trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable on the Principal Register under §2(f) or on the Supplemental Register.

Equivalents, Doctrine Of

Definition:
A rule of claim interpretation under which a product or process, although not a literal infringement, is still an infringement if it performs substantially the same way as the patented invention.

Administrative Instructions

Definition:
Set out the provisions and requirements in relation to the filing and processing of the international (patent) application under the PCT and are established by the Director General of WIPO.

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.

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