Intellectual property, such as a creative work, invention or logo that is not or no longer protected by copyright and available to be used without permission or authorization from its owner. This will frequently occur after the expiration of a copyright, patent or trademark. Something that is shared with and owned and freely used by the community for public purposes and cannot … [Read more...] about PUBLIC DOMAIN
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PUBLIC EASEMENT
The right of the general public to use certain streets, paths and other places and spaces even though they may be owned by others. … [Read more...] about PUBLIC EASEMENT
PUBLIC ENEMY
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation. Vatt. 1. 3, c. 5, 70. To make a public enemy, the government of the foreign country must be at war with the United States; for a mob, how numerous soever it may be, or robbers, whoever they may be, are never considered as a public enemy. 2. A … [Read more...] about PUBLIC ENEMY
PTO
See Patent and Trademark Office. … [Read more...] about PTO
PTOMAINES
In medical jurisprudence. Alkaloidal products of the decomposition or putrefaction of albuminous substances, as, in animal and vegetable tissues. These are sometimes poisonous, but not invariably. Examples of poisonous ptomaines are those occurring in putrefying fish and the tyrotoxicons of decomposing miik and milk products. … [Read more...] about PTOMAINES