Scale Fees, Scale Costs
In a number of legal systems, for example Germany, lawyers …
Category: Litigation
Scènes á Faire [Doctrine]
Refers to the idea in copyright law that in certain …
Scott-Paine Order
See Earth Closet/Scott Paine Order
Seat of Arbitration
Although the term ‘seat’ is usually used to refer to …
Secondary Considerations
US patent precedent allows the court to consider various external …
Secondary Indicia of Non-Obviousness
An alternate term for ‘secondary considerations,’ i.e., evidence admissible in …
Secondary Infringement (Copyright)
US term for contributory infringement in the context of copyrights. …
Secondary Meaning
A word, which is not fanciful or is even descriptive, …
Security for Costs
In legal systems that apply the indemnity principle a litigant, …
Seised, Seized of a matter
Seised or seized comes from the French verb saisir and means …