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

...transport, and storage (e.g., demurrage) is the liability of the buyer (or the shipper depending on the buyer’s contract with the shipper). The term should only be used for sea and inland waterways, but is often also (mis)used in reference...

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

...arrangements. This is because the rights of co-owners of intellectual property is poorly defined, may vary by the nature of the intellectual property assets, i.e., copyright, trademark and patent, and may also vary by jurisdiction. At one extreme each co-owner...

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...

FCA

Incoterm generally meaning free carrier, i.e., that the seller deliver the goods to the carrier nominated by the buyer at the named place. If delivery occurs at the seller’s premises, the seller is responsible for loading. If the delivery is...

Internal Market, the

The interior of the European Union and EEA for economic purposes; the area in which the Four Freedoms especially the Free Movement of Goods applies....

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

Terms for user access for a web site, application or service, which govern the use of the service by a commercial or individual user, whether free or paid for, but which do not generally govern the software’s licensing. AUP’s are...