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License

Definition:
A contractual agreement from the copyright owner and another person, allowing them to exercise on or more rights is considered a license to use the work. Licenses are usually paid for in terms of royalty or fees.

Sound Recording

Definition:
A category of copyrightable work consisting of the sounds that are recorded in a phonorecord.

Equivalents

Definition:
A rule of claim interpretation under which a product or process, although not a literal infringement, is still an infringement if it performs substantially the same way as the patented invention.

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