Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) Terms

...participants: “That a license will be made available to all applicants … under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination.” However, the term ‘reasonable’ is in legal terms somewhat of a nightmare,...

Incoterms

Abbreviation of International Commercial Terms, a set of standardized trade terms developed by the International Chamber of Commerce or ICC in 1932 and updated regularly. There are thirteen established Incoterms, the most frequently used being EXW (Ex works), FOB (Free...

FOLDOC

The Free Online Dictionary of Computing, a useful and thorough dictionary of computer terms, maintained by Department of Computing of Imperial College, London....

FOB

Incoterm abbreviation for Free On Board generally meaning the seller has to pay the cost of delivering the goods onto the ship (or vessel) at the specified port. Once the cargo crosses the ship or vessel’s rail, risk of loss,...

Espacenet

A free database of patents maintained by the European Patent Office....

Condition, Contractual

...are usually regarded as ‘conditions.’ The buyer’s subsequent ability to ‘enjoy’ or use the goods tends to be seen as a warranty, i.e., the warranty of ‘quiet enjoyment’ or that the goods are free from undisclosed claims. The details turn...

Co-ownership

...is free to use the intellectual property right as it wishes and grant licenses to third parties (even parties in infringement litigation with another co-owner) without any obligations to the other co-owners; at the other extreme each co-owner must account...

Copyleft, Copy-Left

A term used to designate dedication to the public used in the context of Copyright, normally associated with open source licensing, shareware, and the Free Software Foundation.

Product-Placement

Arranging for a product to be prominently used in a production, e.g., a movie or television show, thus gaining an implicit endorsement. The product is usually supplied as a free prop and increasingly a fee may be paid to the...

European Economic Area

...of the TFEU (formerly called the Treaty of Rome (Amsterdam.)) The EEA was formerly referred to as the European Free Trade Association (EFTA, Switzerland is the sole remaining member) and its status is sometimes referred to as External Association with...