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CROSS BLOCKING [5 records]

Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
CONT

When a driver enters an intersection and is unable to travel all the way through, they prevent cross traffic movement, and endanger other travelers by blocking crosswalks and bike lanes. In other words, blocking the box is unsafe, illegal and causes traffic congestion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
CONT

S'engager dans une intersection déjà saturée de véhicules lorsque le feu est vert est une pratique illégale et dangereuse que commettent beaucoup d'automobilistes aux heures de pointe, au point où le [service de police] multiplie les interventions contre ce phénomène qu'on appelle l'interblocage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Traffic
  • Road Safety
CONT

Curb bulbs extend the sidewalk into the street, reducing the time and distance it takes a pedestrian to cross. Curb bulbs can also prevent drivers from parking in front of crosswalks or blocking curb ramps. The visibility between drivers and pedestrians is also improved with curb bulbs because pedestrians are brought farther out into the street, making crossing locations more recognizable.

OBS

curb extension: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

Key term(s)
  • kerb extension
  • kerb bulb
  • kerb bulge
  • neck down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Circulation routière
  • Sécurité routière
CONT

Une saillie de trottoir est un prolongement du trottoir à l'intersection pour rendre les piétons plus visibles et diminuer leur exposition aux collisions en y réduisant la distance [du passage pour piétons.] Une saillie de trottoir peut aussi être utilisée pour réduire la largeur ou le nombre de voies de circulation.

OBS

avancée de trottoir : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
  • Tránsito vial
  • Seguridad vial
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Record 3 1996-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • North American Football
CONT

The cross body block is usually used in blocking the deep secondary men.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Football nord-américain
OBS

Le joueur absorbe son adversaire en feintant un bloc de front. Mais au dernier moment, il lance le bras droit (ou gauche) en travers du joueur défensif, tourne l'axe de ses épaules et expose tout le côté droit (ou gauche) de son corps au joueur défensif. Il atteint l'adversaire avec la hanche, à la hauteur de la ceinture. Empruntant une position «quatre points d'appui» modifiée (grab block), le joueur offensif continue son bloc en pressant l'adversaire de sa hanche. Vitesse, puissance et continuité de mouvement assurent le succès du bloc.

OBS

Le bloc de la hanche est utilisé à champ ouvert contre les secondeurs et les demi-défensifs mais en dernier recours peut servir de soupape de sécurité lors de la protection du passeur contre un joueur trop agressif.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
DEF

to give license to another to use a patent or invention in return for a similar license.

CONT

Cross licenses are most often made between owners of "interfering" or "blocking" patents. Such interfering or blocking patents cover different aspects of the same invention. For example, if a basic patent is owned by one party and an improvement patent on the same invention is owned by another party, a cross license is warranted because the parties must have the benefit of both patents in order to practice the improvement to its best commercial advantage. Also, inventor A may obtain a patent on item X. Inventor B may obtain a patent on item Y. Both A and B may realize that items X and Y in combination with a third item, Z, which may be in the public domain, constitute a new and useful combination, XYZ. Therefore, A and B may cross-license each other to make, use, and sell each other's patented invention so that they both can produce XYZ without incurring any liability for infringement of each other's patent.

Key term(s)
  • cross-licence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
DEF

... an agreement that provides for the licensing of a patent by one patent owner in return for a license under a different patent owned by another.

CONT

Cross Licenses... Such a license sometimes becomes an economic necessity where neither party is willing to sell or assign its patent to the other but also neither party can make, use or sell its patented invention to its best commercial advantage without the benefit of the other party's patent. Therefore the owners of the patents will cross-license each other for the right to use each other's patent. Cross licenses are most often made between owners of "interfering" or "blocking" patents. Such interfering or blocking patents cover different aspects of the same invention. For example, if a basic patent is owned by one party and an improvement patent on the same invention is owned by another party, a cross license is warranted because the parties must have the benefit of both patents in order to practice the improvement to its best commercial advantage.

Key term(s)
  • cross licence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle

Spanish

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