FAOM - refers to First Action on the Merits. See First Office Action on the Merits.

FASAB - see Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.

FCC - see Federal Communications Commission.

FIA - see International Federation of Actors.

File History - see Prosecution History.

File Wrapper - see Prosecution History.

File Wrapper Estoppel - see Prosecution History Estoppel.

Financial Gain - refers receipt, or expectation of receipt, of anything of value, including the receipt of other copyrighted works.

Fixed - refers to when a Work is set in a tangible medium of expression. It occurs when a work's embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. A work consisting of sounds, images, or both, that are being transmitted, is "fixed" for purposes of this title if a fixation of the work is being made simultaneously with its transmission.

FOAM - see First Office Action on the Merits.

FOIA - see Freedom of Information Act.

Food Service or Drinking Establishment - refers to a restaurant, inn, bar, tavern, or any other similar place of business in which the public or patrons assemble for the primary purpose of being served food or drink, in which the majority of the gross square feet of space that is nonresidential is used for that purpose, and in which nondramatic musical works are performed publicly.

Foreign Priority Information - refers to data under 37 CFR § 1.76(b)(6) that includes the application number, country, and filing date of each foreign application for which priority is claimed, as well as any foreign application having a filing date before that of the application for which priority is claimed. Providing this information in the application data sheet constitutes the claim for priority as required by 35 U.S.C. § 119(b) and 37 CFR § 1.55(a).

Four As - see Associated Actors and Artistes of America.

FRAP - see Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

FRCP - see Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

FRE - see Federal Rules of Evidence.

FTC - see Federal Trade Commission.

FTDA - see Federal Trademark Dilution Act.

Full line mark - see House mark.

Function Way Result Test - refers to the Function-Way-Result-Test or Function/Way/Result Test. see Triple Identity.

Further Affiant Sayeth Naught - is an Elizabethan Middle-English phrase meaning that the person testifying or giving a sworn written statement such as an affidavit or response to an interrogatory has no more to say about the matter.