The Nice Classification is a short name for International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS) for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks es...

A copyright is the exclusive right to print, reproduce, sell, and exhibit written material, musical compositions, art works, photographs, movies and t...

Industrial design is a combination of applied art and applied science, whereby the aesthetics and usability of mass-produced products may be improved ...

Know-how can be defined as confidentially held, or better, 'closely-held' information in the form of unpatented inventions, formulae, designs, drawing...

Licensing or Grant License means to give permission and refers to that permission as well as to the document memorializing that permission. License ma

A Trade Secret is any formula, process, customer list, or method of operation used in the production of goods or services, needed by the business to p...

A trademark is a distinctive symbol, word, letter, number, picture, or combination thereof of adopted and used by a merchant or manufacturer to identi...

The body of law protecting the first user of such a name, brand, size, shape, or other distinctive characteristic against an imitating or counterfeiti...

Commerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer OR commerce is the e...

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral trade agreement for establishing international stan...