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Anticipation
Concept of Anticipation in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined anticipation as follows: One of the grounds upon which a patent can be revoked. Essentially that the invention is not new. In Synthon BV v. Smithkline Beecham plc (20 Oct 2005) [2006] 1 All ER 685, [2005] [...]Appointed Person
Concept of Appointed Person in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined appointed person as follows: Appeal tribunal from hearing officers’ decisions.Artist’s Resale Right
Concept of Artist’s Resale Right in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined artist’s resale right as follows: The right of an artist to claim a portion of subsequent sales of certain types of artistic works.Artistic Work
Concept of Artistic Work in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined artistic work as follows: S.4 (1) of the CDPA defines an artistic work as a graphic work, photograph, sculpture or collage, irrespective of artistic quality, a work of architecture being a building or a [...]Assignment
Definition of Assignment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Assignment : 1. The transfer of a *chose in action by one person (the assignor) to another (the assignee). By the rules of the common law, this was not permissible. If, for example, A was owed a [...]Author
Concept of Author in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined author as follows: The person who creates a copyright work.Bare Licensee
Definition of Bare Licensee In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bare Licensee : A person who uses or occupies land by permission of the owner but has no legal or equitable interest in it. Such permission is personal to him; thus he cannot transfer it. He [...]Bootlegging
Concept of Bootlegging in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined bootlegging as follows: Making and distributing films or sound recordings that infringe rights in performances on an industrial scale.Brand
Concept of Brand in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined brand as follows: The identifying feature of a product or service. It could be a brand name, logo, get-up, initials or other signs,.Chancery Division
Definition of Chancery Division In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chancery Division : The division of the *High Court of Justice created by the Judicature Acts 1873-75 to replace the *Court of Chancery. The work of the Division is principally concerned [...]Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR”)
Concept of Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR”) in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined civil procedure rules (“cpr”) as follows: The rules and practice of the Senior Courts and County Court of England and Wales.Claims
Concept of Claims in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined claims as follows: Numbered paragraphs at the end of a specification which sets out the features of the invention.Community Design
Concept of Community Design in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined community design as follows: The right to prevent others from using a registered Community design or an unregistered Community design conferred by the Community Design Regulation.Community Design Regulation
Concept of Community Design Regulation in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined community design regulation as follows: Council Regulation No 6/2002 of 12 Dec 2001 on Community designsConfidante
Concept of Confidante in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined confidante as follows: A person who receives information in confidence.Confidence
Concept of Confidence in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined confidence as follows: An obligation owed by a confidante to a confider neither to use nor disclose confidential information without the confider’s consent.Confidential Information
Resources See Also See breach of confidence.Confider
Concept of Confider in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined confider as follows: A person who discloses information to a confidante in confidence.Conveyancing
Definition of Conveyancing In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Conveyancing : The procedures involved in validly creating, extinguishing, and transferring ownership of interests in land. Only a practising solicitor or *licensed conveyancer may charge a fee [...]Copyright
Definition of Copyright In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Copyright : The exclusive right to reproduce or authorize others to reproduce artistic, dramatic, literary, or musical works. It is conferred by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which [...]Copyright Work
Concept of Copyright work in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined copyright work as follows: A work in which copyright subsists such as an original artistic, dramatic, literary or musical work, broadcast, film, sound recording or typographical arrangement of a [...]Copyright, Designs And Patents Act 1988
Concept of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined copyright, designs and patents act 1988 as follows: A codification of copyright, rights in performances and design right law in the UK together with substantial amendments to the [...]Costs
Definition of Costs In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Costs : Sums payable for legal services. A distinction is drawn between contentious and noncontentious costs (broadly, the distinction between costs relating to litigious and nonlitigious [...]Counterfeiting
Concept of Counterfeiting in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined counterfeiting as follows: Trade mark infringement on an industrial scale.- - 141,230 in the past week
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