Berne Convention - refers to the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne, Switzerland, on September 9, 1886, and all acts, protocols, and revisions thereto.

Best Edition - refers the edition of a work, published in the United States at any time before the date of deposit, that the Library of Congress determines to be most suitable for its purposes.

Bibliographic Data - refers to data used in an Application Data Sheet under 37 CFR § 1.76 Applicant Information, Correspondence Information, Application Information, Representative Information, Domestic Priority Information, Foreign Priority Information, and Assignee Information.

BMI - see Broadcast Music, Inc.

Bona fide - means: in or with good faith; honestly; without fraud, collusion, or participation in wrong doing.

BookScan - see Nielsen BookScan.

BPAI - see Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

Brand Attorney™ - refers to a Trademark of Peter Koziol.

Broadcast Music, Inc. - refers to a Performing Rights Society.