opposer. 1. Intellectual property. One who formally seeks to prevent the grant of a patent or the registration of a trademark. [Cases: Patents 104; Trade Regulation 216. C.J.S. Patents §§ 145–147, 149–151, 173–175; Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition§§ 181–182, 184–187.] 2. Hist. APPOSER.
colorable imitation. Trademarks. Any mark, whether or not created with an intent to deceive, whose resemblance to a registered mark is likely to cause confusion or mistake. See SIMILARITY. [Cases: Trade Regulation 181. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 169, 172.]
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The maximum rent that can be charged under a rent-control regulation. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 200.46.]
A security representing an ownership interest in a corporation, such as a share of stock, rather than a debt interest, such as a bond; any stock or similar security, or any security that is convertible into stock or similar security or carrying a warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase stock or a similar
workers’-compensation board. An agency that reviews cases arising under workers’-compensation statutes and administers the related rules and regulations. — Also termed workers’-compensation commission. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 1076–1096.10. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 700–729.] “Workers’ compensation boards … are tribunals … of limited and special jurisdiction and have only such authority and power as have been conferred
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anti-assignment-in-gross rule. Trademarks. The doctrine that an assignment of a mark without the goodwill symbolized by the mark is invalid. • Although trademark rights are not destroyed when a mark is assigned in gross, the failure of the assignor to continue to use the mark, coupled with an ineffective transfer, may result in aban-donment. —
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A judicial officer who has jurisdiction to try minor criminal offenses, breaches of police regulations, and similar violations. — Also termed police justice.
Public property that has by long tradition — as opposed to governmental designation — been used by the public for assembly and expression, such as a public street, public sidewalk, or public park. • To be constitutional, the government’s content-neutral restrictions of the time, place, or manner of expression must be narrowly tailored to serve
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Brussels Satellite Convention. Copyright. A 1974 treaty standardizing the regulation of broadcasting and cable retransmission using satellites. • Since the Convention addresses regulation of the signal rather than copyright or neighboring rights, what is transmitted is protected even if the content is not protected by any intellectual-property right. The U.S. ratified the Brussels Satellite Convention
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articles of war. 1. The rules and regulations that govern the activities of an army and navy. 2. (cap.) The body of laws and procedures that governed the U.S. military until replaced in 1951 by the Uniform Code of Military Justice.