patent licence
11patent — [ pat(ə)nt, peɪt ] noun a government licence to an individual or body conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention. adjective peɪt(ə)nt 1》 easily recognizable; obvious. 2》 made and… …
12licence — / laɪs(ə)ns/ noun an official document which allows someone to do something (NOTE: The US spelling is license.) ♦ drinks licence, alcohol licence, liquor license a permit to sell alcohol in a restaurant, etc. ♦ goods manufactured under licence… …
13patent — [14] Etymologically, patent means simply ‘open’. Its ultimate source is patēns, the present participle of the Latin verb patēre ‘be open’ (a relative of English fathom and petal). It was used particularly in the term letters patent, which denoted …
14patent — [14] Etymologically, patent means simply ‘open’. Its ultimate source is patēns, the present participle of the Latin verb patēre ‘be open’ (a relative of English fathom and petal). It was used particularly in the term letters patent, which denoted …
15licence — / laɪs(ə)ns/ noun 1. an official document which allows someone to do something (NOTE: the American spelling is license) 2. ♦ goods manufactured under licence goods made with the permission of the owner of the copyright or patent …
16Free software licence — A free software licence is a software licence which grants recipients rights to modify and redistribute the software, which would otherwise be prohibited by copyright law. A free software licence grants, to the recipients, freedoms in the form of …
17Open patent — The open patent movement seeks to build a portfolio of patented inventions that can freely be distributed under a copyleft like license. These works could be used as is, or improved, in which case the patent improvement would have to be re… …
18MirOS Licence — The MirOS Licence Author The MirOS Project Version CVS r1.19[1] – can be considered the first version Published 11 December 2006 DFSG compatible Y …
19First-sale doctrine (patent) — Under the first sale doctrine, the first unrestricted sale of a patented item exhausts the patentee s control over that particular item. It generally is asserted as an affirmative defense to charges of patent infringement, but less commonly is… …
20process patent — A patent is granted under the Patents Act 1977 by the Patent Office to the owner or owners of an invention (the patentee) which is novel, inventive and capable of industrial application. It can cover machines, products and processes. It gives the …
