Business Planning: The planning of a business, which includes the business entity formation and governance, financing, ownership, and operations. For more information, see our Business Planning page.
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Business Entity Formation: Formation of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or limited liability partnership. For more information, see our Business Entity Formation page.
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Breach of Fiduciary Duty Litigation: Litigation where one party claims it was owed a fiduciary duty by the defendant and that the defendant breached this duty causing harm to the plaintiff. For more information, see our Breach of Fiduciary Duty page.
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Breach of Contract Litigation: Litigation where one party claims the other party breached an obligation set forth in a contract between the parties. For more information, see our Breach of Contract Litigation page.
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Branding: The process of creating a unique or distinctive source identifier for a product or service in the minds of consumers. This can be accomplished through a word mark, an image or logo, and/or a tagline. Sounds, colors, product appearance and packaging, and other identifiers can also be used to establish a brand.
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Brand Protection: Protection of a brand typically through trademark and copyright registrations. For more information, see our Brand Protection page.
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Blackout Period: The period after a trademark is approved for publication and before a Notice of Allowance is issued.
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Best Mode Requirement: A requirement in patent law to disclose the best method known to the inventor for carrying out the invention at the time of filing the patent application.
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Best Edition: The requirement under U.S. copyright law to deposit the best version of a work when registering a copyright.
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Berne Convention: An international agreement governing copyright protection, which allows works from one member country to be protected in other member countries.
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Benefit Claim: A claim in a patent application that refers to or claims the benefit of an earlier filing date from a related application.
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Beauregard Claim: A claim in a patent that refers to or describes a computer program embodied in a tangible medium like a hard disk, CD, or flash drive, tying the software to a physical element.
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Authorship: For copyrights, the creator of an original work.
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Audiovisual Works: For copyrights, audiovisual works are works that consist of a series of related images that impart an impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds.
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Attorney-Client Privilege: With narrow exceptions, communications between a lawyer and their client are shielded from discovery.
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Attorney: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, represent clients, and conduct lawsuits. Attorneys may be licensed by the States, Washington, D.C., and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).
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ATO: Authority to operate. Attorneys may offer “authority to operate” opinions to clients wishing to enter a new technology area to ensure a new product or service does not infringe the rights of another.
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Assignor: The person or entity transferring rights through an assignment.
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Assignment: The transfer of rights held by one party to another party or parties.
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Assignment of Copyright: Transfer of copyright ownership, which in most cases must be done in writing.
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