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cross-license

cross-license -censed -cens·ing : to license (a patent or invention) to another to use in return for a similar license [cross-licensed its patents with a Japanese company]

description

of the boundaries of a piece of land (as for a deed) b : an explanation of an invention in a patent application or printed publication

equivalent

something that performs substantially the same function as another thing in substantially the same way compare aggregation, combination, invention NOTE: Under patent law, a patentee may bring a claim for infringement against the inventor of an equivalent.

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interference

interfering [ with contract] b : something that interferes 2 : a hearing to determine the priority of invention at issue in a patent dispute

obvious

in a particular art considering the scope and content of the prior art see also patent NOTE: An invention that is found to be obvious cannot be patented. ob·vi·ous·ness n

property

property [in-tə-lek-chə-wəl-] : property that derives from the work of the mind or intellect ;specif : an idea, invention, trade secret, process, program, data, formula, patent, copyright, or trademark or application, right, or registration relating thereto lost

shop right

shop right : the right of an employer to use without payment of any royalty an employee's invention developed in the course of employment

Daguerrean

Pertaining to Daguerre or to his invention of the daguerreotype

Uses

Two methods of transferring realty began to co-exist in this country-the ancient Common Law system, and the later invention, which is denominated USES. Thus a novel contrivance, which was at first a liberating expedient, became a gigantic

Designment

Delineation sketch design ideal invention

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