Dismisses With Prejudice/Without Prejudice
See Without Prejudice/With Prejudice, Dismissal
Disparagement
Saying something critical of a person, property, business or product …
Disruptive Technology
technology that changes fundamental aspects of business or industry, changing …
Distributor
An entity or individual who sells a principal’s product on …
Diversifying, Diversitative Merger
a merger by which the combining companies each add new …
Diversity Jurisdiction
US Federal Courts do not automatically have jurisdiction over cases …
Divisional Applications
Arise when a patent application discloses two or more distinct …
DJ-Action
See Declaratory Judgment.
DMCA
Abbreviation for Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Docket
A colloquial term used to denote the diary of a …