bar date. Patents. The date by which a U.S. patent application must be filed to avoid losing the right to receive a patent. • In the U.S., the bar date for a patent application is one year after the invention is disclosed in a publication or patented in another country, or put into public use, […]
leges barbarorum (lee-jeez bahr-b[schwa]-ror-[schwa]m). [Latin “laws of the barbarians”] Hist. The customary laws of medieval European law; esp., the customary laws of Germanic tribes during the Middle Ages. • These include the lex romana Visigothorum, the lex Burgundionum, and the lex Salica. — Also termed folk laws. See SALIC LAW. “Many of the conquering Germanic
public-use bar. Patents. A statutory bar that prevents the granting of a patent for an invention that was publicly used or sold in the United States more than one year before the application date. 35 USCA § 102(b). • The doctrine can be invoked for any public use, any commercial use, any sale or offer
subinfeudate (s[schwa]b-in-fyoo-dayt), vb. Hist. (Of a subvassal) to grant land to another, who then holds the land as the grantor’s vassal rather than as the vassal of the grantor’s superior. — Also termed subinfeud (s[schwa]b-in-fyood). “[A] more common method of obtaining the annual quota of knights was to subinfeudate portions of the baronial lands to
covert baron (k[schwa]v-[schwa]rt bar-[schwa]n). [Law French] Hist. The condition or status of a married woman at common law. — Also written cover-baron. — Also termed covert de baron. “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage,
novelty. 1. Trade secrets. The newness of information that is generally unused or unknown and that gives its owner a competitive advantage in a business field. • In the law of trade secrets, novelty does not require independent conception or even originality. A rediscovered technique with marketable applications can qualify as a novelty and be
Patents. The rule in most countries, but not in the United States, that an inventor must always file a patent application before the invention is publicly used, placed on sale, or disclosed. • Under U.S. law, an inventor is given a one-year grace period — beginning on the date of any public use, sale, offer
Berne Safeguard Clause. Copyright. A provision in the Universal Copyright Convention barring protection in Berne Union countries for the works of any country that withdraws from the Berne Union after January 1, 1951. • The purpose of the clause was to prevent countries from withdrawing from the Berne Union in favor of the more relaxed
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looseleaf service. A type of lawbook having pages that are periodically replaced with updated pages, designed to cope with constant change and increasing bulk. “The first loose leaf service covered the federal income tax, and was published in 1913 shortly after the Federal Income Tax Law of 1913 went into effect. It was followed in
statute of limitations. 1. A law that bars claims after a specified period; specif., a statute establishing a time limit for suing in a civil case, based on the date when the claim accrued (as when the injury occurred or was discovered). • The purpose of such a statute is to require diligent prosecution of
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