Madoff Funds - refer to bogus investment vehicles used to perpetrate a large scale fraud such as a Madoff Scheme.

Madoff Scam - see Madoff Scheme.

Madoff Scheme - refers to a type of Ponzi Scheme directed towards institutional and large scale qualified investers. The scheme is named after former Nasdaq stock market chairman Bernard L. Madoff and his firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. The Madoff Funds offered by Bernard Madoff and his firm attracted investors with the promise of high returns and low fees. As of December 2008, investor losses from Bernard Madoff's scam were estimated to be about $50 billion, according to the U.S. Attorney's criminal complaint against him. For more information click here.

Markush Claims - refer to a form of Patent Claim generally used for chemical compounds. See Ex parte Markush, 1925 Dec. Comm’r Pat. 126, 128 (1924); MPEP Section 803.02.

Merely Descriptive - refers to mark that describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services

Misappropriation by Memory - refers to the situation where a former employee has used a memorized trade secret.

Motion Pictures - refers to audiovisual works consisting of a series of related images which, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any.

MPEP - see Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.

Multi-Platino - refers to a certification mark awarded by the RIAA for a phonorecord to recordings of which over 50% of the content is in the Spanish language and that sells at least 400,000 units.

Multi-Platinum album - refers to a certification mark awarded by the RIAA for a phonorecord that sells at least 2,000,000 units.