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uniform computer information transactions act

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. A model law that regulates software licensing and computer-information transactions. • The Act draws on contract law and the Uniform Commercial Code to create a regulatory scheme for licensing, rather than sales or lease, transactions. Among other things, UCITA applies to contracts for the licensing or purchase of software, contracts

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marketing

marketing, n. 1. The act or process of promoting and selling, leasing, or licensing products or services. 2. The part of a business concerned with meeting customers’ needs. 3. The area of study concerned with the promotion and selling of products or services.

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united states copyright office

United States Copyright Office. A branch of the Library of Congress that is responsible for implementing federal copyright laws. • In addition to processing applications for copyrights, the U.S. Copyright Office stores deposited copyrighted materials and issues opinions (by request) on questions of copyright protection. Materials deposited with this agency are not automatically added to

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secretary of state

Secretary of State. 1. The member of the President’s cabinet who heads the U.S. Department of State. • The Secretary is the first-ranking member of the cabinet and is also a member of the National Security Council. He or she is fourth in line of succession to the presidency after the Vice President, the Speaker

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fishery

fishery. 1. A right or liberty of taking fish. • Fishery was an incorporeal hereditament under old English law. — Also termed piscary. [Cases: Fish 3.] free fishery. An exclusive right of fishery, existing by grant or prescription from the monarch, to take fish in public water such as a river or an arm of

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blind bidding

blind-bidding. Copyright. In the licensing of movies for first-run engagements, the practice by film distributors of requiring theater owners to bid for and book movies without having seen them. • By statute, some states prohibit blind-bidding.

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federal energy regulatory commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. An independent five-member commission in the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for licensing hydroelectric-power projects and for setting interstate rates on (1) transporting and selling natural gas for resale, (2) transporting and selling electricity at wholesale, and (3) transporting oil by pipeline. • It was created by the Department of Energy

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bayh–dole act

Bayh–Dole Act. Patents. A federal statute that permits the U.S. Government to take title to or require licensing of nongovernmental inventions made by small businesses and nonprofit organizations while participating in federally funded programs. • Under the Act, an entity funded by the federal government must timely disclose any invention made in the course of

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office of enrollment and discipline

Office of Enrollment and Discipline. Patents. The division of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office charged with licensing patent attorneys and patent agents, and with hearing complaints involving their misconduct. • The Office is authorized to sanction practitioners, and to suspend or disbar them from practice before the PTO. Its authority is concurrent with state

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