relevant market
relevant market 〈美〉有关联的市场;相关市场 依据《谢尔曼法》〔Sherman Act〕起诉被告有垄断的行为或意图时,原告必须指明被告在「有关联的市场」拥有垄断权力,「有关联的市场」指由具有可互换性的产品构成的地区性市场。(→market)
relevant market 〈美〉有关联的市场;相关市场 依据《谢尔曼法》〔Sherman Act〕起诉被告有垄断的行为或意图时,原告必须指明被告在「有关联的市场」拥有垄断权力,「有关联的市场」指由具有可互换性的产品构成的地区性市场。(→market)
irrelevant (i-rel-[schwa]-v[schwa]nt), adj. 1. (Of evidence) having no probative value; not tending to prove or disprove a matter in issue. — Also termed impertinent. Cf. IMMATERIAL. [Cases: Evidence 99. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 2–5, 197–199, 204, 206.] 2. (Of a pleaded allegation) having no substantial relation to the action, and will not affect the court’s decision.
irrelevant evidence 不相关的证据 指与争议事项无关、不能对待证事实起证明作用——即不能证明该事实存在或不存在——的证据。在庭审中这种证据通常遭到反对或禁止。
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information-disclosure statement. Patents. A document submitted in the patent-application process in which the inventor reveals all relevant prior art during the patentability search. • The statement must disclose all known patents, publications, and other references of prior art. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provides a form, “Information Disclosure Citation,” for this purpose. — Abbr.
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interest-analysis technique. Conflict of laws. A method of resolving choice-of-law questions by reviewing a state’s laws and the state’s interests in enforcing those laws to determine whether that state’s laws or those of another state should apply. — Also termed governmental-interest-analysis technique. [Cases: Action 17. C.J.S. Actions §§ 18–20; Conflict of Laws §§ 2–3, 12,
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Antitrust. The part of a relevant market that applies to a firm’s particular product by identifying all reasonable substitutes for the product and by determining whether these substitutes limit the firm’s ability to affect prices. [Cases: Monopolies 20(8). C.J.S. Monopolies § 119.]
rubric (roo-brik). 1. The title of a statute or code (the rubric of the relevant statute is the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 2. A category or designation (assignment of rights falls under the rubric of contract law). 3. An authoritative rule, esp. for conducting a public worship service (the rubric dictates whether the congregation
The effort to monopolize any part of interstate or foreign commerce, consisting in (1) a specific intent to control prices or destroy competition in the relevant market, (2) predatory or anticompetitive conduct, and (3) a “dangerous probability” of success in achieving monopoly in the relevant market.
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conflict of laws. 1. A difference between the laws of different states or countries in a case in which a transaction or occurrence central to the case has a connection to two or more jurisdictions. — Often shortened to conflict. Cf. CHOICE OF LAW. [Cases: Action 17. C.J.S. Actions §§ 18–20; Conflict of Laws §§
Ganser’s syndrome (gahn-z[schwa]r organ-s[schwa]r). An abnormality characterized by the giving of irrelevant and nonsensical answers to questions. • Prisoners have been known to feign this syndrome in an attempt to obtain leniency.