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.

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Definition:
The Patent Cooperation Treaty enables an inventor to file a single international application in addition to the main patent application filed in a treaty-member country; this simplifies the process of an applicant's seeking a patent on the same invention in more than one nation.

Unfair Competition

Definition:
Commercial conduct that the law views as unjust. A person injured by an act of unfair competition is entitled to relief in a civil action against the perpetrator of the act.

Special 301

Definition:
A statute that requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to identify, on an annual basis, those foreign territories that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or fair and equitable market access for Americans relying on intellectual property protection.

Book

Definition:
A monograph or serial made up of text pages bound together in some fashion.

Novelty

Definition:
One of the three conditions that an invention must meet in order to be patentable. Novelty is present if every element of the claimed invention is not disclosed in a single piece of prior art.

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