Non-Use
Refers to the failure to offer relevant products or services …
Category: Intellectual Property
Nose of Wax
Refers to a statement in the US Supreme Court Decision White …
Notarised/Notarized
Refers to a document or the execution of a document …
Notice of Allowance
A written notice from a patent office indicating its intent …
Notice of Intent to File Suit, Issue Proceedings
In a number of jurisdictions a putative plaintiff must send …
Novelty
Refers to the requirement for a patent that an invention …
Nuisance Suit, Nuisance Value
Lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who may not want to …
Nullity Action
Civil law (e.g., Germany & France) legal usage for a …
OAPI
See Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI)
Obvious-to-try
An obviousness argument with respect to an invention that, given …