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111Grant procedure before the European Patent Office — Graph of European patent applications filed and granted between 1998 and 2007. Note that the average time from filing to grant in 2007 was 43.7 months (3.6 years) The grant procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO) is an ex parte,… …
112New Orleans — New Orleanian /awr lee nee euhn, leen yeuhn/. /awr lee euhnz, awr leenz , awr leuhnz/ a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson. 557,482. * * * City (pop., 2000: 484,674),… …
113Prague — This article is about the capital of the Czech Republic. For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). Prague Czech: Praha Montage …
114Local government — refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.[citation needed] The term is used to contrast with offices at nation state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or …
115European Patent Litigation Agreement — The draft European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), or formally the Draft Agreement on the establishment of a European patent litigation system, is a proposed patent law agreement aimed at creating an optional protocol to the European Patent… …
116Calestous Juma — (born 9 June, 1953 at Port Victoria, western Kenya) is an internationally recognized authority in the application of science and technology to sustainable development worldwide. He is Professor of the Practice of International Development and… …
117Copyright Agency (Azerbaijan) — Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Republic Azərbaycan Respublikası Müəllif Hüquqları Agentliyi Coat of Arms of Azerbaijan Agency o …
118Local government in the Republic of Ireland — is governed by the Local Government Acts , the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two tier structure of local government. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 is the founding document of the present system of local… …
119Economy of Uzbekistan — Fixed exchange rates 1 som (UZS) = 100 tiyin Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organisations CIS and ECO; observer status in WTO …
120Lis alibi pendens — The principle of lis alibi pendens (literally, dispute elsewhere pending ) applies both in municipal, public international law, and private international law to address the problem of potentially contradictory judgments. If two courts were to… …
