...“open source” is that the source code that would normally be kept confidential by the software house is disclosed to the public; open source software should not therefore be regarded as automatically subject to a public license or free. The...
One of the key principles of the European Union (EU/EEC), European Economic Area (EEA) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is the ‘Internal Market’ in which goods and services should be able to move freely between the member states. The...
...its existence is to stop ‘free riders’ from taking advantage of an inventor or author’s contribution to the world for the free rider’s own sole benefit. In reality, the existence of a genuinely ‘free rider,’ i.e., someone who takes but...
...a product or process would not prevent infringement, e.g., if the claim is to a+b+c, a product or process consisting of a+b+c+d would still infringe. Most patent claims are drafted as Open Claims. See Claims, Closed Claim, Comprising, Consisting of....
A group opposed to proprietary rights in software, i.e., intellectual property rights in software. The Free Software Foundation developed the GNU public license....
Rude, sexist and possibly racist jargon, that reflects a certain ignorance of Japanese culture; not wise to use. The origin of the term is the idea that Japanese Geisha wear very classic and complex Japanese kimono. The suggestion is that...
...states); The free movement of persons (and citizenship), including free movement of workers; The free movement of capital. In 2007 the European Commission started to advocate making the free movement of knowledge, which if recognised, would have a very significant...
Internet Web site set up by disgruntled consumers to complain about company’s behavior or products, see http://www.untied.com for a particularly painful example (in this case the target sued and lost on free speech grounds). To avoid the risk of such...
Refers to a test of US personal jurisdiction set forth in a 1997 Western District of Pennsylvania trademark case, Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc. The Zippo case dealt with a website, Zippo.com which Zippo Manufacturing claimed was...
...of grounds including the disclosure of confidential information. Under CPR 31.22, subject to certain exceptions, a document produced in discovery can only be used for purposes of the case for which it was produced. Finally, while under CPR 5.4(C)(1) members...
