Protective Order
An order, common in U.S. commercial litigation and international arbitration, …
Protest Clause
Requests for bids, particularly from public bodies for projects or …
Proto-droits, proto-rights
French term analogous to quasi-intellectual property
Protocol on Interpretation
Refers to a protocol to the EPC dealing with claim …
Provisional Application
Patent application filed in a hurry, usually without claims, because …
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network, acronym used to refer to the …
PTAB
See Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
PTO
Abbreviation commonly used for the United States Patent and Trademark …
Public Charge
Most legal jurisdictions have a legal principle that restricts or …
Public Domain
Refers to an item of what would otherwise be intellectual …