Category: Intellectual Property law
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Duty
A tax imposed by governmental authority on goods imported. The amount of the duty imposed on any given article is prescribed in the nation's […]
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License
Introduction to LicenseLicense, a permit granting permission to engage in an activity that would otherwise be illegal. The main purpose of a license is to protect the public interest. A license issued by a government agency is required in order to pursue certain occupations, run certain bus…
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Expiry Date
Expiry Date in E.U. Patent SystemThe date when a patent has run its full term in a country and is no longer protected there (see alsoLapse, Withdrawn).
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Expiry Date
Expiry Date in E.U. Patent SystemThe date when a patent has run its full term in a country and is no longer protected there (see alsoLapse, Withdrawn).
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Term
Term of patent in E.U. Patent SystemThe maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.
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Term
Term of patent in E.U. Patent SystemThe maximum number of years that the monopoly rights conferred by the grant of a patent may last.
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Disclosure
Introduction to DisclosureDisclosure, act of revealing information that is secret or would normally be confidential." (1)ResourcesNotes and ReferencesInformation about "http://lawin.org/encarta-encyclopedia/" title="Microsoft Encarta Online …
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Disclosure
Introduction to DisclosureDisclosure, act of revealing information that is secret or would normally be confidential." (1)ResourcesNotes and ReferencesInformation about "http://lawin.org/encarta-encyclopedia/" title="Microsoft Encarta Online …
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Paris Convention
Known formally as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, an international agreement formulated to protect rights to industrial property including inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and appellations of origin. The substantive provisions of the convention […]
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Forfeit
Forfeited Application in E.U. Patent SystemAn application on which the issue or maintenance fee has not been paid within the designated period.
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Division
Division in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: By divisions, we mean something that is uniform throughout the constitution, not subsections that only appear sporadically.
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Creative Commons
Creative Commons Creative Commons History (based in an article of Lucia Hwang) At the Stanford Law School a nonprofit enterprise called Creative Commons promised to revolutionize the use of copyrights. In a triangle-shaped room not much bigger than a couple of office cubicles at the Stanford Law School, Molly Shaffer van Houweling was part in…
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Resale Royalty Rights
Resale Royalty Rights Based on California Lawyers for the Arts information: A widespread consensus exists among developed countries that a visual artist is entitled to share in the increased value of his work, even after the work’s initial sale. The experience in these countries makes plain that an artists’ royalty can provide significant benefits to…
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Examiner
Examiner in E.U. Patent SystemA patent office official who is appointed to determine the patentability of applications.
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Kinds
Kinds in E.U. Patent SystemThe letter, often with a further number, indicating the level of publication of a patent. For example DE-A1 is the German Offenlegungsschrift (application laid open for public inspection) while a DE-C1 is the German Patentschrift (first publication of the granted patent).