similarity. Intellectual property. The resemblance of one trademark or copyrighted work to another. • How closely a trademark must resemble another to amount to infringement depends on the nature of the product and how much care the typical buyer would be expected to take in making the selection in that particular market. It is a […]
Copyright. Similarity evidenced by the copying of verbatim portions of the protected work.
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Intellectual property. The resemblance of one trademark or copyrighted work to another. • How closely a trademark must resemble another to amount to infringement depends on the nature of the product and how much care the typical buyer would be expected to take in making the selection in that particular market. It is a question
Copyright. Similarity evidenced by the copying of the protected work’s general ideas or structure (such as a movie’s plot) without using the precise words or phrases of the work. — Also termed pattern similarity.
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fragmented literal similarity (版权法)片断文句相同 用以判断是否构成侵犯版权的「实质相同」〔substantial similarity〕的认定方法之一。原告只要表明分散在被告作品中的文句(或音乐段落、艺术符号或形象)就是原告受版权保护作品的组成部分，即可以证明被告构成复制侵权。
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pattern similarity. See comprehensive nonliteral similarity under SIMILARITY.
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Copyright. A strong resemblance between a copyrighted work and an alleged infringement, thereby creating an inference of unauthorized copying. • The standard for substantial similarity is whether an ordinary person would conclude that the alleged infringement has appropriated nontrivial amounts of the copyrighted work’s expressions. See derivative work under WORK (2). [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual
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infringement of copyright 侵犯版权；侵犯着作权 即未经版权人允许，擅自使用享有版权保护的作品。确定是否确实侵犯版权，而不属「合理使用」豁免〔「fair use」exemption〕范围时，应考虑的因素包括：１使用的目的和性质，包括该使用属商业性质或出于非营利的教育目的；２作品的性质；３使用的数量及实质；４该使用对作品的潜在市场或其价值的影响。对侵犯版权的处理包括禁止侵害〔injunctive relief〕、没收和处置侵权物品、对实际损害和利益的赔偿等。对故意或非故意的侵权，其损害赔偿有不同的规定。 (→copyright infringement; fair use doctrine; fragmented literal similarity)
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Trademarks. An item that so resembles a trademarked item as to be likely to induce the belief that it is genuine. See SIMILARITY. [Cases: Trade Regulation 339. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 84, 86.]