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1patent troll — (PAT.unt trohl) n. A company that purchases a patent, often from a bankrupt firm, and then sues another company by claiming that one of its products infringes on the purchased patent.. adj. patent trolling pp. Example Citations: These patent… …
2patent theatre — ▪ English theatre any of several London theatres that, through government licensing, held a monopoly on legitimate dramatic production there between 1660 and 1843. In reopening the theatres that had been closed by the Puritans, Charles II… …
3Coalition for Patent Fairness — The Coalition for Patent Fairness (CPF) is an ad hoc organization of companies who are lobbying for reforms to the US patent system. In general they believe that the United States Patent and Trademark Office is too prone to grant overly broad… …
4Software patent debate — is the argument dealing with the extent to which it should be possible to patent software and computer implemented inventions as a matter of public policy. Policy debate on software patents has been active for years. [Cite book |last=Nichols… …
5Appeal procedure before the European Patent Office — Decisions of the first instances of the European Patent Office (EPO) can be appealed, i.e. challenged, before the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, in a judicial procedure (proper to an administrative court), as opposed to an administrative procedure …
6European Round Table on Patent Practice — The European Round Table on Patent Practice (EUROTAB) is described as a pan European group consisting of lawyers (including European Patent Office (EPO) staff, and Commission, national patent offices) in the patent field , Susana Borrás,… …
7European Patent Judges' Symposium — The European Patent Judges Symposium (French: Colloque des juges européens de brevets , German: Symposium europäischer Patentrichter ) is a biennial symposium, with the claimed aim of providing a platform for national judges from legal systems… …
8Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office — The Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO, French: Comité consultatif permanent auprès de l OEB , German: Ständiger Beratender Ausschuss beim EPA ) is a committee advising the European Patent Office (EPO) on patent …
9Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
10Theatre Royal, Drury Lane — Coordinates: 51°30′46″N 0°07′14″W …
