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GLOSSARY
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An alphabetical listing of technical and important terms used in the
general study of innovation and specifically used on The Great Idea
Finder Web site. Contains brief explanatory notes, descriptions,
examples and translations of a difficult or technical expression. |
Copyleft
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noun
/ copy-left / opposite of copyright |
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The copyleft uses copyright law to accomplish the opposite of
its usual purpose: instead of imposing restrictions, it grants
rights to other people, in a way that ensures the rights cannot
subsequently be taken away on the condition that any redistributions
or modifications also be licensed under the same condition.
The GNU General Public License is a copyleft license. |
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Copyright
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noun / copy·right |
© |
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Copyright is a form of protection provided by
the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors
of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic,
musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This
protection is available to both published and unpublished works. |
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Copyright Information
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Entrepreneur
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noun
/ en·tre·pre·neur |
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A person who takes
the initiative in combining land, labor and capital, the three
fundamental factors of production, to produce a good or service.
Entrepreneurs often have strong beliefs about a market opportunity
and are willing to accept a high level of personal, professional or
financial risk to pursue that opportunity. |
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Entrepreneurs, A
Class Act
from The Great Idea
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Idea
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noun / i·de·a |
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Something, such as a thought, conception,
or a plan or scheme for doing something, that potentially or
actually exists in the mind as a product of mental activity. The
human capacity to generate ideas is associated with the capacity for
reason and self-reflection. |
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Related: |
Idea Wish List
from The Great Idea
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Innovation
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noun
/ in·no·va·tion |
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The
creation and introduction of a new device or process, resulting from study and
experimentation.The term innovation may refer to both radical or
incremental changes to products, processes or services. The often
unspoken goal of innovation is to solve a problem. The successful
exploitation of new inventions . |
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Innovative Consumer Products
from The Great Idea
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Invention
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noun
/ in·ven·tion |
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An invention is an object, process, or technique which displays an
element of novelty. An invention may sometimes be based on earlier
breakthroughs, collaborations or ideas, and the process of invention
requires at least the awareness that an existing concept or method
can be modified or transformed into a new invention. The successful
exploitation of new ideas. |
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Invention
Facts & Myths
from The Great Idea
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Inventor
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noun
/ in·ven·tor |
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Someone who
is the first to think of or
to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use
of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experimentation,
typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or
software devices or methods. |
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Inventor Biography
from The Great Idea
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Patent
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noun
/ pat·ent |
The term (Patent pending) or the actual patent number
issued (PATENT NO. 223,898). |
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The system of patents was established
to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly on
inventions determined to be sufficiently novel, non-obvious, and
useful. In the U.S. the intellectual property clause of the
Constitution permits (but does not mandate) laws to be passed
establishing patent and other intellectual property rights. |
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Patent Information
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Trademark
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noun
/ trade·mark / registered trademark |
™
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Any symbol,
such as a word, number, picture, or design, used by manufacturers or
merchants to identify their own goods and distinguish them from
goods made or sold by others. You may use the "TM" (trademark)
designation to alert the public to your claim, regardless of whether
you have filed an application with the USPTO. You may use the
federal registration symbol "®" only after the USPTO actually
registers a mark, and not while an application is pending. |
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Trademark Information
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