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trade secret : a formula, process, device, or item of information used by a business that has economic value because it is not generally known or easily discovered by observation or examination and for which reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy have been made NOTE: Trade secrets are a form of intellectual property. Many states have enacted laws which create an action for damages or injunctive relief against misappropriation of trade secrets by improper means. Information contained in a patent is not protected as a trade secret. ...
Secret
Secret. A solicitor, and it is presumed also a barrister, is bound by law not to disclose his client's secrets, and the same rule does not appear to apply as between medical men and their patients, see as to this Chitty on Contracts, and Kitson v. Playfair, Times, 28th March, 1896. As to privileged communica-tions, however, the privilege is that of the client, not of the solicitor. The clerk of a professional or business man is under an implied contract not to disclose professional or trade secrets which he has learned in the course of his employment, Merryweather v. Moore, (1892) 2 Ch 518; Amber Size and Chemical Co., Ltd. v. Menzel, (1913) 2 Ch 239.As to official secrets, see that title; and as to secrets of the confessional, see CONFESSION.As to secret commission, corruptly taken by an agent from the party with whom he is employed by his principal to transact business for such principal, see COMMISSION; CORRUPT PRACTICES.To secrete means, according to the dictionary 'to hide' in con...
order
order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure [a call to ] 3 a : a mandate from a superior authority see also executive order b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority ;specif : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review and enforcement [an administrative may not be inconsistent with the Constitution "Wells v. State, 654 So. 2d 145 (1995)"] c : an authoritative command issued by the court [violated a court and was jailed for contempt] cease-and-de·sist order [sēs-ənd-di-zist-, -sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that by consent takes the form of a court order final order : an order of a court...
property
property pl: -ties [Anglo-French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat- proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1 : something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest, possession abandoned property : property to which the owner has relinquished all rights NOTE: When property is abandoned, the owner gives up the reasonable expectation of privacy concerning it. The finder of abandoned property is entitled to keep it, and a police officer may take possession of abandoned property as evidence without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. after-acquired property 1 : property (as proceeds) that a debtor acquires after the commencement of a bankruptcy case and that is usually considered part of the bankruptcy estate 2 : property acquired after the perfection of a lien or security interest ;esp : such property acquired after the creation of a lien or security interest that is subject to the lien or...
Official secrets
Official secrets. The (English) Official Secrets Act, 1889, was the first Act aimed at the prevention of the disclosure of official secrets. This Act was repealed and re-enacted with amendments by the (English) Official Secrets Act, 1911, which has been amended by the (English) Official Secrets Act, 1920. It is made an offence to spy in a 'prohibited place,' or wrongfully to communicate codes, plans, models, documents, or information relating to such a place, or to munitions of war, or which are used in such a place. There are special provisions as to arrest, the harbouring of spies, and the issue of search warrants. A Secretary of State may require the production of any document relating to a telegram or cable or wireless message. Every person who carries on the business of receiving letters, postal packets, or telegrams for other persons must be registered with the police and keep a record of the letters, etc., passing through his hands, and must not give up a letter, etc., unless a ...
Trade Union
Trade Union. The Acts 30 & 31 Vict. cc. 8, 74, provided for facilitating the proceedings of a commission appointed by Queen Victoria to inquire into and report on the organization and rules of trade unions, and other associations of employers and workmen. The (English) Trade Union Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 31), provides:-S. 2. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful, so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.'S. 3. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust.'S. 4. 'Nothing in this Act shall enable any court to entertain any legal proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering damages for breach of any of the following agreements, namely,(1) Any agreement between members of a trade union as su...
Secreted
Secreted, the word 'secreted' must be understood in the context in which the word is used in the section. In that context, it means 'documents which are kept not in the normal or usual place with a view to conceal them' or it may even mean 'docu-ments or things which are likely to be secreted'; In other words, documents or things which a person is likely to keep out of the way or to put in a place where the officer of law cannot find it. It is in this sense that the word 'secreted' must be understood as it is used in s. 105 of the Customs Act, Durga Prasad v. H.R. Gomes, AIR 1966 SC 1209 (1216): (1966) 2 SCR 991. [Customs Act, 1962, s. 105(1)]...
Trade marks
Trade marks. by the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (English) (5 Edw. 7, c. 15), s. 3:-A 'mark' shall include a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral or any combination thereof.A 'trade mark' shall mean a mark used or proposed to be used upon or in connexion with goods for the purpose of indicating that they are the goods of the proprietor of such trademark by virtue of manufacture, selection, certification, dealing with, or offering for sale.A 'registrable trademark' shall mean a trade mark which is capable of registration under the pro-visions of this Act.Subject to the Trade Mark Acts, the owner of a trademark has a right to its use in connection with the goods associated with it, whether or not it is registered or registrable by him, and if that right is infringed by a sale of other goods under his mark, or a colourable imitation or otherwise so as to be calculated to deceive a purchaser that those goods are goods of his manufacture, sale or mark, the ...
Trade
Trade [fr. trutta, Ital.], traffic; intercourse; commerce; exchange of goods for other goods, or for money.The business of buying and selling or bartering goods or services, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500.As to contracts in restraint of trade, see RESTRAINT OF TRADE.A 'trade association' means an association of tradesmen, businessmen or manufacturers for the protection and advancement of their common interest, State of Gujarat v. Mahesh Kumar Dhirajlal Thakkar, AIR 1980 SC 1167: (1980) 2 SCC 322.It means any trade, business, industry, profession or occupation relating to the production, supply, distribution or control of goods and includes the provision of any services. [Monopolies and restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (s)]Means any trade, business, industry, profession or occupation relating to the production, supply, distribution, storage or control of goods and includes the provision of any services. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(x)]The ...
Trade Boards
Trade Boards. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, as amended by the Trade Boards Act, 1918, applies to certain trades specified in the Schedule, and to such others as are brought within the Act by Order of the Board of Trade or by special Order of the Minister of Labour. The Board of Trade can establish Trade Boards with respect to such trades, and the Boards when established must fix minimum rates for both time work and piecework. Notice must be given of the minimum rates established, and such rates are obligatory on employers, who are placed under penalties if they fail to pay in accordance with such rates. s. 11 gives the constitution and proceedings of Trade Boards under this section:(1) The Board of Trade may make regulations with respect to the constitution of Trade Boards, which shall consist of members representing employers and members representing workers (in this Act referred to as representative members) in equal proportions and of the appointed members. Any such regulations may be...
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