A waiver that may result when a party voluntarily discloses a communication or privileged material about a particular topic to a third party. • A party’s voluntary disclosure may lead a court to find an implied waiver that extends to all other communications relating to the same subject matter.
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subject-matter test. A method of determining whether an employee’s communication with a corporation’s lawyer was made at the direction of the employee’s supervisors and in the course and scope of the employee’s employment, so as to be protected under the attorney–client privilege, despite the fact that the employee is not a member of the corporation’s
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Jurisdiction over the nature of the case and the type of relief sought; the extent to which a court can rule on the conduct of persons or the status of things. — Also termed jurisdiction of the subject matter; jurisdiction of the cause; jurisdiction over the action. Cf. personal jurisdiction. [Cases: Courts 4; Federal Courts
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interest in subject matter 对诉讼标的的利害关系 指对诉讼标的某种法律上的权益或衡平法上的权益，判决将会或可能会对之产生影响。
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scandalous subject matter. Trademarks. A word, phrase, symbol, or graphic depiction that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may refuse to register because it is shockingly offensive to social mores. • Although the Lanham Act uses the phrase “immoral, deceptive, or scandalous subject matter,” courts have not distinguished “scandalous” from “immoral.” [Cases: Trade Regulation 161.
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nonstatutory subject matter. Patents. A thing that does not fit into any of the categories of things that by law can be patented. • Examples are works of nature, abstract ideas, and human movements. [Cases: Patents 1. C.J.S. Patents §§ 1–5, 10–12, 15.]
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destruction of subject matter 标的物的灭失
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subject matter jurisdiction 事物管辖权；诉讼标的管辖权指法院审理和裁决某一类案件的权限范围。如在美国对不同州籍公民间民事争议的管辖权〔diversity jurisdiction〕、联邦问题管辖权〔federal question jurisdiction〕、对海事和破产案件的管辖权〔jurisdiction over admiralty and bankruptcy cases〕等都属于联邦法院的事物管辖权。该管辖权通常由制定法予以规定。 (→personal jurisdiction)
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jurisdiction of the subject matter. See subject-matter jurisdiction under JURISDICTION.
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immoral subject matter. 1. Patents. Inventions that do not have a socially beneficial use. • In the past, patents were denied for some categories of inventions, such as gambling devices and fraudulent products, esp. medicines. The doctrine is rarely used today. [Cases: Patents 46. C.J.S. Patents § 59.] 2. Trademarks. SCANDALOUS SUBJECT MATTER.
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