carrying charge
carrying charge 〈美〉附加费用 １在分期付款中，除利息外，债权人附加收取的费用。根据消费者信贷保护法〔consumer credit protection statutes〕，分期付款买卖中，卖方须充分公开有关的附加费用；２财产所有权附随的费用，如税收和维修保养费。
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sequence listing
sequence listing. Patents. A description of the nucleotide or amino-acid chain in a biotechnological invention.
private property
Property — protected from public appropriation — over which the owner has exclusive and absolute rights.
abstraction filtration comparison test
abstraction-filtration-comparison test. Copyright. A judicially created test for determining whether substantial similarity exists between two works in an action for infringement. • In the first step, the court dissects the copy-righted work’s structure and isolates each level of abstraction or generality (abstraction test). In the second step, the court examines each level of abstraction and
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sui generis
sui generis (s[y]oo-Iorsoo-ee jen-[schwa]-ris). [Latin “of its own kind”] Of its own kind or class; unique or peculiar. • The term is used in intellectual-property law to describe a regime designed to protect rights that fall outside the traditional patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret doctrines. For example, a database may not be protected by copyright
junior user
junior user. Trademarks. A person other than the first person to use a trademark. • A junior user may be permitted to continue using a mark in areas where the senior user’s mark is not used, if the junior user did not know about the other user, and was the first user to register the
theodosian code
Theodosian Code (thee-[schwa]-doh-sh[schwa]n).Roman law. A compilation of imperial enactments prepared at the direction of the emperor Theodosius II and published in A.D. 438. • The Theodosian Code replaced all other imperial legislation from the time of Constantine I (A.D. 306–337), and remained the basis of Roman law until it was superseded by the first Justinian
parols de ley
parols de ley (p[schwa]-rohlz d[schwa] lay). [Law French] Words of law; technical words.
insurable interest
A legal interest in another person’s life or health or in the protection of property from injury, loss, destruction, or pecuniary damage. • To take out an insurance policy, the purchaser or the potential insured’s beneficiary must have an insurable interest. If a policy does not have an insurable interest as its basis, it will
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