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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.CPR Part 63
Concept of CPR Part 63 in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined cpr part 63 as follows: The provisions of the CPR dealing with IP proceedings,Creativity
Concept of Creativity in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined creativity as follows: In the context of copyright and rights related to copyright, literary and artistic works in the widest sense including performances by actors, musicians, singers and dancers. [...]Damages
Definition of Damages The award by court or prior mutual agreement for a breach of contract. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damages : A sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for a tort or a breach of contract. Damages are usually a [...]Data
Diversity data in relation with the Courts and Tribunals in England The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), a non-departmental public body, publishes a bulletin of Official Statistics, covering the diversity profile of selection exercises twice a year. The period 1 April 2014 to 30 [...]Database
Definition of Database In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Database : An organized collection of information held on a computer. Databases are usually protected by *copyright in the UK under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the EU Directive [...]Database Right
Concept of Database Right in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined database right as follows: An IPR. The right to prevent unauthorized extraction and reutilizaton of the contents of a database.Delivery Up
Concept of Delivery up in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined delivery up as follows: The surrender of infringing items or evidence.Design
Definition of Design Right In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Design Right : Legal protection for the external appearance of an article, including its shape, configuration, pattern, or ornament. A design right is distinct from a *patent, which protects [...]Design Right
Concept of Design Right in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined design right as follows: An IPR. The right to enforce a right in an unregistered design.Directive
Concept of Directive in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined directive as follows: EU legislation. An instruction to member states to bring their laws into line with its provisions by a specified date.Entertainment
Entertainment building in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Entertainment building in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: a place of entertainment or recreation other than sports stadia, including bingo halls, broadcasting, recording and film studios open to the public, [...]Exhaustion of Rights
Definition of Exhaustion of Rights In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Exhaustion of Rights : A free-trade principle which holds that, once goods are put on the market, owners of *intellectual property rights in those goods, who made the goods or allowed [...]Fair
Concept of Fair The following is an old definition of Fair [1], a term which has several meanings:1, (adjetive) Equal; just; proper; reasonable; equitable. See Equity. Fair abridgment. A real substantial condensation of copyrighted materials, as the result of labor and judgment. See Abridge. [...]Geographical Indication (“GI”)
Concept of Geographical Indication (“GI”) in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined geographical indication (“gi”) as follows: A distinctive sign used to identify a product as originating in the territory of a particular country, region or locality where such quality, [...]Grant
Definition of Grant In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Grant : 1. The creation or transfer of the ownership of property (e.g. an estate or interest in land) by written instrument; for example, the grant of a lease. (See also lie in grant). 2. A [...]Hacking
Definition of Hacking In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Hacking : Gaining unauthorized access to a computer system. This is a summary offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Under this Act it is also an offence, triable summarily or on indictment, to [...]Hearing Officer
Concept of Hearing Officer in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined hearing officer as follows: IPO tribunal, official exercising judicial powers of the Comptroller (otherwise known as the Registrar) of the IPO.Infringement
Minority protection in Company Law Infringement of the member's personal rights Find under this subsection information about Infringement of the member's personal rights in relation to Minority protection in Company Law.Injunction
Concep of Injunction in Procedural Law In this context, a short definition of Injunction may be the following: A court order prohibiting a person from doing something or requiring a person to do something. Meaning of Injunction The following is an old definition of Injunction [1]: A remedial [...]Insufficiency
Concept of Insufficiency in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined insufficiency as follows: Failure to disclose in the specification of the patent of the invention clearly enough and completely enough for it to be performed by a person skilled in the art as required by [...]Intellectual Assets
Concept of Intellectual Assets in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined intellectual assets as follows: Sometimes called “Intellectual Property Assets”. Creations of the mind that give one business a competitive advantage over all others such a new product or [...]Intellectual Property
Concept of TRIPS in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined trips as follows: Acronym for the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Annex 1C to the World Trade Organization agreement.Intellectual Property (“IP”)
Concept of Intellectual Property (“IP”) in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined intellectual property (“ip”) as follows: The collective name for the bundle of laws that protect investment in an intellectual asset. Example include patents, copyrights, trade marks and [...]Intellectual Property Audit
Concept of Intellectual property audit in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined intellectual property audit as follows: A systematic review of the intellectual assets owned or used by a business, their legal protection, the title by which they are held or licensed and [...]Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”)
Concept of Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”) in IP Law [rtbs name="intellectual-property-law"]Lambert defined intellectual property enterprise court (“ipec”) as follows: A specialist court within the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice which hears IP cases for damages [...]In Perpetual Beta
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