Forward References
Refers to citations of a patent or patent application as …
Category: Intellectual Property
Framework License, Framework Agreement
Where two companies expect to be regularly licensing different items …
Franchise Disclosure Document
The law of several U.S. states including New York and …
Franchising
The selling of a license by a franchisor to a …
FRAND
Acronym for Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory. Many standards organizations impose …
Fraud on the Patent Office
Involves the deliberate deception of a patent office, especially the …
Free Rider
Term, regarded as deprecatory, for someone who uses the economic …
Free Software Foundation
A group opposed to proprietary rights in software, i.e., intellectual …
Freedom to Operate (search)
A type of patent search, sometimes called an FTO search, …
FTO
See Freedom to Operate (Search)