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Patented article and patented process

Patented article and patented process, means respectively an article or process in respect of which a patent is in force. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (o)]...


Patented article

Patented article, a patented article means an article in respect of which a patent is in force, Aphali Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1989 SC 2227 (2235): (1989) 4 SCC 378....


Letters-patent, or letters overt

Letters-patent, or letters overt [fr. liter' patentes, Lat.], writings of the sovereign, sealed with the Great Seal of England, whereby a person or public company is enabled to do acts or enjoy privileges which he or it could not do or enjoy without such authority. They are so called because they are open with the seal affixed and ready to be shown for confirmation of the authority thereby given. Peers are sometimes created by letters-patent, and letters-patent of precedence were granted to barristers. By letters-patent aliens are made denizens, and especially new inventions are protected; hence the incorporeal chattel of patent-right.A 'patent-right' is a privilege granted by the Crown to the first inventor of any new contrivance in manufactures, that he alone shall be entitled, during a limited period, to make Articles according to his own invention--Statute of Monopolies, 21 Jac. 1, c. 3.To be the subject of a patent-right an article must be material and capable of manufacture, an i...


patent

patent [Anglo-French, from Latin patent- patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a : open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter b : secured or protected by a patent [a nonexclusive license to produce and sell the product] [sought to enforce her rights against infringement] 2 : of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents esp. for inventions [a lawyer] [involved in litigation] 3 : readily seen, discovered, or understood [a defect] [if no bad faith or abuse is ] compare latent pat·ent·ly adv [pat-nt] n 1 : an official document conferring a right or privilege : letters patent at letter 2 a : the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention or products made by an invented process that is granted to an inventor and his or her heirs or assigns for a term of years see also intellectual property at property compare copyright, trademark NOTE: A patent may be granted for a process, act, or method t...


New article

New article, in relation to an industrial undertaking which is registered or in respect of which a licence or permission has been issued under this Act, means--(a) any article which falls under an item in the First Schedule other than the item under which articles ordinarily manufactured or produced in the industrial undertaking at the date of registration or issue of the licence or permission, as the case may be, fall;(b) any article which bears a mark as defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1940, or which is the subject of a patent, if at the date of registration or issue of the licence or permission, as the case may be, the industrial undertaking was not manufacturing or producing such article bearing that mark or which is the subject of that patent. [Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), s. 3 (dd)]...


reconstruction

reconstruction 1 : a rebuilding of a nonfunctional patented article that amounts to creation of a new article and constitutes infringement of the patent [the complete replacement of the mechanism was a and not a repair] 2 : the practice or process of recreating an incident (as an accident) for the purpose of investigating the specific facts and circumstances surrounding it [heard testimony on the speed of the vehicle from an expert in accident ] ...


Royal Arms

Royal Arms. There are two statutory provisions relating to the unauthorized use of the Royal Arms, namely, s. 68 of the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (see TRADE MARKS), which is as follows:-68. --If any person, without the authority of His Majesty, uses in connexion with any trade, business, calling, or profession, the Royal Arms (or arms so closely resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive) in such manner as to be calculated to lead to the belief that he is duly authorized so to use the Royal Arms, or if any person without the authority of His Majesty or of a member of the Royal Family, uses in connexion with any trade, business, calling, or profession any device, emblem, or title in such manner as to be calculated to lead to the belief that he is employed by or supplies goods to His Majesty or such member of the Royal Family, he may, at the suit of any person who is authorized to use such arms or such device, emblem, or title, or is authorized by the Lord Chamberlain to take proceed...


Patent-right

Patent-right, the exclusive privilege granted by the Crown to the first inventor of a new manufacture of making Articles according to his invention. See LETTERS-PATENT....


Monopoly

The exclusive power or privilege of selling a commodity the exclusive power right or privilege of dealing in some article or of trading in some market sole command of the traffic in anything however obtained as the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product...


Patent

Patent, means a patent granted under this Act. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (m)]The effect of the grant of a patent is quid pro quo, quid is the knowledge disclosed to the public and quo is the monopoly granted for the term of the patent. S. 12 of the Patents and Designs Act, 1911 sets out that a patent once granted confers on the patentee the exclusive privilege of making, selling and using the invention throughout India and of authorising others so to do. This is the quo. The quid is compliance with the various provisions resulting in the grant of the patent, Raj Parkash v. Mangat Ram Choudhary, AIR 1978 Del 1.Means a grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the Government or sovereign of a country to one or more individuals, Aphali Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1989 SC 2227 (2235): (1989) 4 SCC 378....


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