doctrine of foreign equivalents

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Definition of doctrine of foreign equivalents in English English dictionary

A rule applied in United States trademark under which foreign words are translated to determine whether they are registrable as trademarks, or are either descriptive or confusingly similar with existing marks

Related Terms

doctrine of equivalents

A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement even though the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention

Hyphenation

doc·trine of for·eign equivalents

Turkish pronunciation

dôktırîn ıv fôrın îkwîvılınts

Pronunciation

/ˈdôktərən əv ˈfôrən əˈkwəvələnts/ /ˈdɔːktɜrɪn əv ˈfɔːrən ɪˈkwɪvələnts/