similarity. Intellectual property. The resemblance of one trademark or copyrighted work to another. • How closely a trademark must resemble another to amount to infringement depends on the nature of the product and how much care the typical buyer would be expected to take in making the selection in that particular market. It is a […]
harboring an illegal alien. The act of providing concealment from detection by law-enforcement authorities or shelter, employment, or transportation to help a noncitizen remain in the United States unlawfully, while knowing about or recklessly disregarding the noncitizen’s illegal immigration status. • The crime of harboring an illegal alien does not require that the offender be
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A remedy intended to give the promisee something as a replacement for the promised performance or to give the plaintiff something in lieu of preventing or repairing an injury. • A court awards a substitutional remedy by ordering a defaulting seller of goods to pay the buyer damages (as opposed to delivering the promised goods).
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combination. 1. An alliance of individuals or corporations working together to accomplish a common (usu. economic) goal. See COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE . 2. CONSPIRACY. 3. STRADDLE. 4. Patents. A union of old and new elements in an invention. • The term encompasses not only a combination of mechanical elements but also a combination
A technical common-law defensive plea, stated at length and without abbreviation. • The plea is obsolete because of the pleading requirements in federal and state rules of civil procedure.
Great Waters Program. A scheme created by Congress in 1990 to make the Environmental Protection Agency more directly responsible for protecting large bodies of fresh water and coastal waters from environmental harm caused by air pollution. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 USCA § 7412(m).
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lemon law. 1. A statute designed to protect a consumer who buys a substandard automobile, usu. by requiring the manufacturer or dealer either to replace the vehicle or to refund the full purchase price. • Almost all states have lemon laws in effect. — Also termed lemon protection. [Cases: Consumer Protection 9. C.J.S. Credit Reporting
two-tier offer. A two-step technique by which a bidder tries to acquire a target corporation, the first step involving a cash tender offer and the second usu. a merger in which the target company’s remaining shareholders receive securities from the bidder (these securities ordinarily being less favorable than the cash given in the first step).