Catnic/Improver
Refers to two UK patent cases, Catnic Components Ltd and …
Category: Litigation
Cease-and-Desist Letter
A warning letter sent to an infringer directing them to …
Certoirari, Writ of, Petition for a writ of, Cert’ Petition
A writ of certiorari was originally the practical method by …
Charabarty
Reference to the US Supreme Court decision Diamond v. Chakrabarty, …
Chatty Parrot
See Talkative Parrot
Chicago School
Refers generally to sub-branch of the “law and economics” movement in …
Chinese Wall
A term used to describe the partitioning of a business …
Chisum
Professor Donald S. Chisum wrote Patent Law, an encyclopedic multi-volume …
CISG
Acronym for the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the …
Citations
References to scholarly articles or to patents. Thus the front …