distinguishable variation. Copyright. A detectable difference between two works. • Distinguishable variation is the standard for determining whether a work that is based on a work in the public domain can itself be copyrighted. Examples include translations of books and mezzotints of paintings. Some nontrivial originality is also required: exact copies are not protectable.
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See child in need of supervision under CHILD. — Abbr. PINS. person of incidence. The person against whom a right is enforceable; a person who owes a legal duty. • The meaning may expand to include an entity, such as an insurance company.
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uncopyrightable, adj. (Of a work) ineligible for copyright protection either because the work lacks originality or because it is an idea, concept, process, or other abstraction that is not included in one of the eight covered classifications of copyrightable works. 17 USCA §§ 101–106. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 4. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property
communication right. Copyright. The power of a copyright owner to authorize or prohibit the transmission of a work to the public by way of interactive on-demand systems such as the Internet. • This right is included in the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the European Commission’s Directive on the Information Society.
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deceit, n. 1. The act of intentionally giving a false impression (the juror’s deceit led the lawyer to believe that she was not biased). 2. A false statement of fact made by a person knowingly or recklessly (i.e., not caring whether it is true or false) with the intent that someone else will act upon
application number. Patents & trademarks. The eight-digit sequential number assigned by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to a patent or trademark application. • Applications are typically referred to by application number, which consists of a two-digit series code, a slash, and a six-digit serial number. References to patent applications also include the filing date
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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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Civil law. A juridical act whose validity may be independent of the existence or lawfulness of the underlying cause. • In some systems, examples include negotiable instruments, debt remission, debt ac-knowledgment, and the novation of an obligation. See juridical act.
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family, n. 1. A group of persons connected by blood, by affinity, or by law, esp. within two or three generations. 2. A group consisting of parents and their children. 3. A group of persons who live together and have a shared commitment to a domestic relationship. See RELATIVE. — familial, adj. blended family. The
patrimonio ejus abest (pa-tr[schwa]-moh-nee-oh ee-j[schwa]s ab-est). [Latin] Hist. That which is wanting from a person’s estate. • The phrase includes items held by one person but due to another.
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