Anticipation
A term used to designate the existence of prior art …
Antitrust Division
A division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) …
Antitrust Guidelines
Usually refers to the guidelines promulgated by the two U.S. …
Antitrust Law
United States term for Competition Law. United States Federal Antitrust …
Antitrust Opinion
An opinion obtained from qualified counsel to the effect that …
Anton Piller Order
A court order granted in the U.K., Ireland, and other …
AOG, AOD, AO[letter]
Refers to an expression such as “Any old Guy (Duffer, …
API
Application Programming Interface (the P is alternately described as Programming/Programmers’/Processing)—A …
Apparatus Claim
Refers to a patent claim, which is expressed as a …
Apparent Authority
See Agent