derivative defense
A defense that rebuts the criminal elements that a prosecutor must establish to justify the submission of a criminal case to a jury.
derivative defense Read More »
Search Results for: derivative defense
negotiation
negotiation, n. 1. A consensual bargaining process in which the parties attempt to reach agreement on a disputed or potentially disputed matter. • Negotiation usu. involves complete autonomy for the parties involved, without the intervention of third parties. [Cases: Contracts 25. C.J.S. Contracts § 60.] “Negotiation, we may say, ought strictly to be viewed simply
independent creation
independent creation. Copyright. A defense asserting that a later work is not a derivative of an allegedly infringed work, but is a product of coincidentally parallel labor. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 75. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 43–44, 62.]
independent creation Read More »