CPA: Continued Prosecution Application.
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Covered Business Method (CBM) Review Proceedings: Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceedings involve reviews conducted by the USPTO for certain types of patents considered “Business Method” patents. For more information, see our Covered Business Method (CBM) Review Proceeding page.
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Counterpart: A document or agreement, such as a signature page, that is one of several identical copies, each considered original but together constituting one document.
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Counterclaim: A claim made by someone being sued against the party suing them.
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Corporate Governance & Counseling: Corporate Governance & Counseling involves corporate meetings and meeting minutes, election of officers and managers, and other corporate activities. For more information, see our Corporate Governance & Counseling page.
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Corporate Financing: Corporate Financing includes raising debt through a variety of instruments. For more information, see our Corporate Financing page.
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Copyrights: Legal rights granted to creators of original works of authorship, including the right to control the use and distribution of these works, under the U.S. Copyright Act.
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Copyright Registration: An official recognition of a copyright by the U.S. Copyright Office. For more information, see our Copyright Registration page.
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Copyright Protection: The protections afforded to works under the U.S. Copyright Act. For more information, see our Copyright Protection page.
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Copyright Owner: The person or legal entity that holds the copyright in a work, possessing exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and exploit the work as defined under the U.S. Copyright Act.
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Copyright Litigation: Litigation over copyright infringement, ownership, and other issues related to copyrights. For more information, see our Copyright Litigation page.
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Copyright Licensing: Granting rights to a third party to use a copyright. For more information, see our Copyright Licensing page.
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Copyright Infringement Defense: A defense to a claim for copyright infringement such as license, exhaustion, and fair use doctrine. For more information, see our Copyright Infringement Defense page.
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Copyright Indemnification & Indemnity: Where a third-party owes indemnity relating to a copyright claim, typically copyright infringement or a dispute over copyright ownership. For more information, see our Copyright Indemnification & Indemnity page.
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Copyright Deposit: A copy of the work claimed for protection submitted as part of the copyright application registration process.
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Copyright Counterfeiting Enforcement: Strategies to stop counterfeiters of copyrightable material, such as software. For more information, see our Copyright Counterfeiting Enforcement page.
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Copies: Under copyright law, material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.
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Contributory Infringement: A doctrine of copyright, trademark, and patent law where a person or company may be held liable for infringing on a copyright, trademark, or patent based on their contribution to another’s infringement. In most cases, for contributory infringement to exist, there must be direct infringement by a third party.
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Contracts & Commercial Agreements: Contacts are agreements between two or more parties, typically reduced to writing. For more information, see our Contracts & Commercial Agreements page.
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Continuing application: A patent application that claims priority to a previously filed application, including continuations, divisionals, and continuations-in-part.
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