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Nonexclusive License

Definition:
The title remains with the licensor. A patent license is a transfer of rights that does not amount to an assignment of the patent.

Office Action

Definition:
Is a letter from a trademark examining attorney setting forth the legal status of a trademark application.

Copyright owner

Definition:
With respect to any one of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright, refers to the owner of that particular right. The exclusive rights provided by Copyright are completely divisible. Copyright in a work vests initially in the author or authors of the work. However, the author may assign some or all of his or her rights to another, e.g., to a publisher, if the work has appeared in a formal publication, who then becomes the owner of the rights assigned.

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