On-Sale-Bar
Most patent systems prohibit an inventor from applying for a …
Category: Intellectual Property
Open Claim
A patent claim that recites a series of limitations or …
Opinion
See Non-Liability Opinion.
Opposition
A term used to describe a legal objection to the …
Orange Book
See Hatch-Waxman Act.
Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI)
Multi-national African entity that provides collective filing, depository and examination …
Organisational/Organizational Capital
Synonym for Structural Capital
Original Designs
Section 1301 of the U.S. Copyright Act extends ten years …
Original Work
Some countries, most notably Germany, set high standards for the …
Originality Requirement
Most key forms of intellectual property have an originality requirement. …