First Sale
Used for at least four different purposes: (a) as a …
Category: Intellectual Property
First Use, First Commercial Use
See Commercial Use, First
First-to-File
Refers to the system of priority for patent applications used …
First-to-Invent
Refers to the system of priority for patent applications formerly …
Fixed, Fixation
Copyright arises when a creative work or expression is first …
Floating License
A software license, usually for a network, which allows one …
FOLDOC
The Free Online Dictionary of Computing, a useful and thorough …
Forfeited – Application, Patent, Trademark
A patent application, patent or trademark which has lapsed due …
Formalities, Copyright
Refers to requirements for copyright protection, such a depository requirements …
Formstein Defence (in German patent law)
A limitation on the application of the doctrine of equivalents …