Consulting Agreement: Also be called an independent contractor agreement. A contract between a non-employee (i.e. a consultant or contractor) and an entity for a specific purpose or objective that specifies the work to be accomplished and payment to be made for services rendered. A consulting agreement should also specify the owner of the deliverable, such as IP rights.
Read MoreConsisting Of: A transitional phrase that is closed (only includes exactly what is stated) and excludes any additional element, step, or ingredient not specified in the claim.
Read MoreConsideration: Payments in any form, such as cash, forgiven debt, services, assets, equity ownership, or any other item of value.
Read MoreCONFU: Conference on Fair Use.
Read MoreConflicting Trademark: A trademark that is similar to another trademark, and that is used with goods or services that are related to your goods or services that may lead to a likelihood of confusion.
Read MoreConfirmation Number: A four-digit number that is assigned to each newly filed patent application.
Read MoreConfidentiality Agreement: An agreement executed prior to sharing confidential information in order to protect Intellectual Property rights, such as trade secrets and know how. Similar to a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
Read MoreComplete Trademark Application: A trademark application that includes all required information.
Read MoreCommissioned Work: A copyrightable work created by someone other than the employee of an entity at the entity's request or any work requested to be completed by an employee outside of his or her scope of employment.
Read MoreCommercialization: The process of licensing an innovation, whether a product or process, developed by a university or government laboratory to a private company for commercial development.
Read MoreCommerce Clause: A clause located within Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the authority to oversee interstate commerce and business dealings with foreign countries.
Read MoreClearance Search: A search completed before applying for a trademark registration to make sure the trademark is available to register for a particular class or group of goods or services, and to make sure that no other trademark conflicts with it.
Read MoreClaim: A statement defining the scope of the invention in a patent application; a patent must have at least one claim.
Read MoreCIS: Customer information system.
Read MoreCIO: Chief Information Officer.
Read MoreChapter II: The second, optional, phase under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that is initiated with the timely filing of a demand for international preliminary examination.
Read MoreChapter I: The first phase under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that includes performance of an international-type search and issuance of an international search report and written opinion by the International Searching Authority, and publication of the international application and international search report by the International Bureau of WIPO.
Read MoreCFS: Core Financial System.
Read MoreCFO/CAO: Chief financial officer/chief administrative officer is a distinctive high-level managerial role, with the CFO being responsible for overseeing the financial operations of an organization and the CAO supervising its administrative functions.
Read MoreCFO: Chief Financial Officer.
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