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Generic Name
Definition:
A word used by most people to name a class or category of product or service, such as ?personal computer? or ?cellular phone.? No one person may have trademark rights to a generic name.
Intent To Use Application
Definition:
Since 1989 in the United States, an optional method of applying for federal registration of a mark on the Principal Register based upon a declared good faith intention to use a mark on defined goods or services.
Equivalents, Doctrine Of
Definition:
A rule of claim interpretation under which a product or process, although not a literal infringement, is still an infringement if it performs substantially the same way as the patented invention.
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