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Suggestive Term
Definition:
Is considered to be inherently distinctive and needs no proof of secondary meaning for registration or protection in court. For example, polar bear for parkas and coats merely suggests the kind of protection that a polar bear has from the cold.
License
Definition:
A permission to use an intellectual property right, under defined conditions as to time, context, market line, or territory.
Patent
Definition:
In the United States, a grant by the federal government to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling the invention.
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