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The giving up of a right.
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Browse Related Terms: Conviction, Culpa, In pari delicto

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A means authorized by statute by which a witness, before testifying or producing evidence, may relinquish the right to refuse to testify against himself or herself, thereby making it possible for his or her testimony to be used against him or her in future proceedings.
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Browse Related Terms: deposition, Impeachment, Impeachment of a witness, Self-proving will, Sequestration of witnesses, subpoena, Subpoena Duces Tecum, Testimony, Witness

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A written order authorizing official action by law enforcement officials, usually directing them to arrest the individual named in the warrant. A search warrant orders that a specific location be searched for items, which if found, can be used in court as evidence.
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Most commonly, a court order authorizing law enforcement officers to make an arrest or conduct a search. An application seeking a warrant must be accompanied by an affidavit which establishes probable cause by detailing the facts upon which the request is based.
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Browse Related Terms: Bench warrant, Child, Initial appearance, Motion, Motion in, Objection, Post-trial, return, Search warrant

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A promise that a proposition of fact is true.
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Browse Related Terms: Affiant, No-contest, Non assumpsit, Promisee, Promisor, Promissory estoppel, Testator

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A deed which guarantees that the title conveyed is good and its transfer rightful.
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Browse Related Terms: Acknowledgment, Charta, FAIT, Quitclaim deed

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A collection of Uniform Resource Indicators (URIs, including URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)) in the control of one administrative entity. May include different types of URIs (i.e., file transfer protocol sites, telnet sites, as well as World Wide Web sites).
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A collection of Uniform Resource Indicators (URIs, including URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)) in the control of one administrative entity. May include different types of URIs (i.e., file transfer protocol sites, telnet sites, as well as World Wide Web sites).
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Browse Related Terms: Browser, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), mosaic, transfer, URI (Uniform Resource Indicator), URL (Uniform Resource Locators), World Wide Web, WWW

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Assistants to the floor leaders who are also elected by their party conferences. The Majority and Minority Whips (and their assistants) are responsible for mobilizing votes within their parties on major issues. In the absence of a party floor leader, the whip often serves as acting floor leader.
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Browse Related Terms: majority whip, minority whip

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A legal declaration that disposes of a person's property when that person dies.
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Browse Related Terms: Chattel, Conservatorship, Defense of property, Eminent Domain, Escheat, Forfeiture, Larceny, Lien, Purchase agreement/purchase offer, Robbery, Self-defense

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Conduct that constitutes an illegal use of another's patented invention where the infringer has no reasonable basis for believing that its actions are legal (i.e., infringement when the infringer knew of the patent and had no reasonable basis for believing that it either did not infringe the patent or that the patent was invalid or unenforceable). A finding of willful infringement is a basis for increasing damages up to treble the actual amount and/or the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing party. Good-faith reliance on the advice of counsel can be relevant to the issue of whether an infringement was willful.
Arnold Silverman and George Stacey - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: ASSERT, attorneys' fees award, discovery, enforceability of patent, Enjoin, exceptional case, indefiniteness of claim, Injunction, invalidation, Unenforceable

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time period after which a utility patent (that issues from an application filed on or after 12 December 1980) expires if a maintenance fee has not been paid. A petition must be filed along with the appropriate fees to reinstate an expired patent.

-- see MPEP 2590

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Browse Related Terms: Annuity, FDC, Forfeited Application, IDC, Lapse Date, maintenance, Maintenance Fee, maintenance fees, surcharge due, window open

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time period when a maintenance fee can be paid with or without a surcharge.

-- see MPEP 2506

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Browse Related Terms: Annuity, FDC, Forfeited Application, IDC, Lapse Date, maintenance, Maintenance Fee, maintenance fees, surcharge due, window close

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Microsoft e-mail program included in Windows Vista as a successor to Outlook Express.
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Browse Related Terms: Logfile, OST, OST file format, Outlook, Outlook Express

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Microsoft Windows-based computer operating systems utilize a special file as a "scratch pad" to write data when additional random access memory is needed, called Windows Swap Files or Windows Page Files. Windows Swap and Page Files are potentially very large and most computer users are unaware of their existence and the potential exists for these huge files to contain remnants of word processing, email messages, Internet browsing activity, database entries, and almost any other work that may have occurred
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Browse Related Terms: Email address, MAPI (Mail Application Program Interface), Path, Relative Path

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Windows Internet Naming Service
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Browse Related Terms: Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual, classification of goods and services, CSR, DNS, FAS, generic term, goods and services, IC, identification of goods and/or services, IPA

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Slang term for deliberately overwriting a piece of media and removing any trace of files or files fragments.
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Browse Related Terms: Deleted Data, Deleted File, Deleted files, deletion, Disposition, Latent Data, Overwrite, Pointer

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World Intellectual Property Organization

an intergovernmental organization of the United Nations system. WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.

-- see MORE INFO about International Intellectual Property protection

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Browse Related Terms: Alpha Subclasses, BPAIIS, CFS, CIS, Fast, First to File, infrastructure, Palm, POIS, RAM, REPS, SDM, TIS, TPostal, TRAM

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World Intellectual Property Organization, an agency of the United Nations, that acts as a coordinating body for patent systems and procedures, as well as for trademark and copyright matters. MPEP 1801.
Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D. - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Alpha Subclasses, Annex F, First to File, Palm, PASAT

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The permanent abandonment of a PCT patent application either before or after publication. Priority claims as well as elections of States and the Demand may also be withdrawn. MPEP 1859, MPEP 1880.
Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D. - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Corresponding Foreign Application, Foreign Filing Date, patent application publication, PG Pub, precautionary designation, priority, priority claim, Priority Date, Priority Document, Provisional Application, Right of Priority

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