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Today's Terms
First to File
Definition:
Patents - a rule under which patent priority, and thus entitlement to a patent, is determined by which inventor was the first to file a patent application, rather than who was first to actually invent.
Piracy
Definition:
The act of exact, unauthorized, and illegal reproduction on a commercial scale of a copyrighted work or of a trademarked product.
Special 301
Definition:
U.S. statutory provisions requiring annual review of trade agreement rights and foreign trade practices of U.S. trading partners that deny benefits to the United States or unjustifiably restrict or burden U.S. commerce.
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