An inherently distinctive trademark that is used — usu. by the owner only — in a fictitious, arbitrary, and fanciful manner, and is therefore given greater protection than a weak mark under the trademark laws. — Also termed strong mark.
A mortgage clause that protects the mortgagee’s interest even if the insured mortgagor does something to invalidate the policy. • In effect, this clause creates a separate contract between the insurer and the mortgagee. — Also termed union mortgage clause.
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mund (m[schwa]nd or muund). [Old English “hand”] Hist. A right to protection or guardianship; a guardian. Cf. MANUS(1). “Once more we see prerogatival rights growing, while feudal claims fall into the background; and in the case of lunacy we see a guardianship, a mund, which is not profitable to the guardian, and this at present
licensing. 1. The sale of a license authorizing another to use something (such as computer software) protected by copyright, patent, or trademark. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 48; Patents 206; Trade Regulation 108. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 27, 29, 33–34, 93; Patents § 342; Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition§§ 209–212.] 2. A governmental
episcopalia (i-pis-k[schwa]-pay-lee-[schwa]), n. pl. Eccles. law. Synodals, pentecostals, and other customary payments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, collected by rural deans and forwarded to the bishop.
three-step test. Copyright. An analysis of an infringement defense under TRIPs and the Berne Convention, looking at whether the defendant’s use of a protected work (1) is inherently limited to special cases, (2) did not conflict with the owner’s normal exploitation of the work, and (3) did not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the
equality before the law. The status or condition of being treated fairly according to regularly established norms of justice; esp., in British constitutional law, the notion that all persons are subject to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law courts, that officials and others are not exempt from the general duty
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interesse termini (in-t[schwa]r-es-ee t[schwa]r-m[schwa]-nI). [Latin “interest of term or end”] Archaic. A lessee’s right of entry onto the leased property; esp., a lessee’s interest in real property before taking possession. • An interesse termini is not an estate; it is an interest for the term. It gives the lessee a claim against any person who
A right that derives from legal or administrative procedure; a right that helps in the protection or enforcement of a substantive right. Cf. substantive right.
law writer. A person who writes on legal subjects, usu. from a technical, nonpopular point of view.