...more limited in scope; invalidity on prior art grounds requires each dependent claim to be addressed, since the more limited scope of a dependent claim means that it might be valid even when the independent claim is not. See Claim....
...show prototypes to potential purchasers or at trade shows and usually available to commercial travelers for: commercial samples; tools of the trade; advertising material; and cinematographic, audiovisual, medical, scientific, or other professional equipment. Carnets are generally valid for twelve months....
Refers; (a) to the list of trademarks recognized in a given jurisdiction, which can be divided into a primary register and a secondary register; (b) to the list of drugs in a give jurisdiction that hold a valid Marketing Authorization....
...the agreement, but the remainder of the agreement will remain valid. Although the inclusion of such clauses is quite automatic, it may be wise to exclude certain provisions from its scope, if their invalidity would fundamentally undermine a party’s interests...
...second buyer has a valid claim to own the house, especially if B records the purchase before A. The principle is that people should be able to trust the official title records. This rule usually only applies to those rights...
...a criminal act, i.e., obstruction of justice or concealment of crime. It is therefore wise to draft such clauses so as not to preclude reporting to any regulatory agency with valid jurisdiction over the employer or employee. An exception-clause such...
A written, word-for-word record of what was said in a meeting, hearing, depositon, trial, etc. For a transcript to valid as evidence under the law of most US states, it has to have been created by a licensed and certified...
...a Unified Patent Court entering into force, which is currently proposed to happen in 2014. The EU Patent will be granted by the European Patent Office, and will be valid in all the Community Patent ‘Participating States.’ One potential source...
Refers to the question of whether a dispute can be settled by arbitration and usually whether it is: Subject to a valid arbitration agreement; Within the scope of issues an arbitration tribunal is, under applicable laws, permitted to address. The...
...other signatory countries and of the requirement that works in the English language by foreign authors be manufactured in the United States to obtain U.S. copyright protection (the notorious “manufacturing clause.”) Although the convention was amended in 1971, its importance...
