...is published by someone other than the recipient (i.e., the source makes it public, intentionally or accidentally.) In employment law in particular, an NDA which renders it difficult for someone to obtain work in his/her profession without moving to another...
...already identified and explained, to enable the parties to obtain a better understanding of each other’s position to assist in disposing of or narrowing issues before expensive litigation is embarked upon. A court will likely consider at least the following...
This has two meanings In Copyright Law the term used to describe a free speech-based defense similar to fair use. It allows the limited use of copyrighted materials or a trademark for purposes of research, private study, reporting current events,...
...cross license, often royalty-free. Frequently, when a company is faced with the risk that a competitor will secure a pioneer patent (because it has, for instance, seen the published application) it will seek to obtain blocking patents on essential improvements....
An open public license promoted by the Free Software Foundation. The original GNU Public License was criticized because its vague wording led to a threat that use or incorporation of software under the GNU Public license could give rise to...
A method of pricing an asset such as share or other asset type which compares an asset with inherent or systematic risks with expected market returns and the value of a theoretically risk free asset. In principle the purpose of...
...a vehicle), branded batteries (packaged with a device), or film (in a new camera), the bundled product will be at least free or heavily discounted or indeed a fee may be paid, because of the likelihood that the customer will...
An open-source license, which started to be used in the early 1980s by the University of California at Berkeley to distribute versions of the Berkeley Unix operating system as well as tools and applications. The license permitted widespread free copying...
Refers generally to sub-branch of the “law and economics” movement in legal analysis that strongly favors free market policies, many of whose most prominent members or supporters are or were based at the University of Chicago business and law schools,...
...a geographical area defined in the schedule. The main advantage of GSA schedules is that they forestall the need to go through complex U.S. federal procurement procedures, because the GSA has in effect certified that is the best value item...
