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Patent and Trademark Fees - Fiscal Year 2007

Based on anticipated action by the U.S. Congress, USPTO's current patent and trademark fee schedules will continue in effect on October 1, 2006, and beyond. Should any revision become necessary, it will be announced on this website as promptly as possible. USPTO customers should monitor this website for any updated information.

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Misappropriation

Definition:
A common law form of unfair competition in which an individual or firm copies or appropriates some creation of another that is not protected by patent, copyright, or trademark law, or any other traditional theory of exclusive rights.

National Treatment

Definition:
A work originating in one of the member country must be given at least the same level of protection in each member country as that country gives to works created by its own citizens.

Misappropriation

Definition:
A common law form of unfair competition in which an individual or firm copies or appropriates some creation of another that is not protected by patent, copyright, or trademark law, or any other traditional theory of exclusive rights.

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