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PATENT COURT [11 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-05-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Patents (Law)
- Commercial Law
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- patentee
1, record 1, English, patentee
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- patent owner 2, record 1, English, patent%20owner
correct
- patent holder 3, record 1, English, patent%20holder
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Every patent granted under [the Patent Act] shall contain the title or name of the invention, with a reference to the specification, and shall, subject to this Act, grant to the patentee and the patentee's legal representatives for the term of the patent, from the granting of the patent, the exclusive right, privilege and liberty of making, constructing and using the invention and selling it to others to be used, subject to adjudication in respect thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction. 4, record 1, English, - patentee
Record 1, Key term(s)
- owner of a patent
- holder of a patent
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
- Droit commercial
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- breveté
1, record 1, French, brevet%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- brevetée 2, record 1, French, brevet%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
- titulaire de brevet 3, record 1, French, titulaire%20de%20brevet
correct, masculine and feminine noun
- titulaire d'un brevet 4, record 1, French, titulaire%20d%27un%20brevet
correct, see observation, masculine and feminine noun
- propriétaire de brevet 5, record 1, French, propri%C3%A9taire%20de%20brevet
correct, masculine and feminine noun
- propriétaire d'un brevet 6, record 1, French, propri%C3%A9taire%20d%27un%20brevet
correct, masculine and feminine noun
- brevetaire 7, record 1, French, brevetaire
see observation, masculine and feminine noun, obsolete
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tout brevet accordé en vertu de la [Loi sur les brevets] contient le titre ou le nom de l'invention avec renvoi au mémoire descriptif et accorde, sous réserve des autres dispositions de la présente loi, au breveté et à ses représentants légaux, pour la durée du brevet à compter de la date où il a été accordé, le droit, la faculté et le privilège exclusif de fabriquer, construire, exploiter et vendre à d'autres, pour qu'ils l'exploitent, l'objet de l'invention, sauf jugement en l'espèce par un tribunal compétent. 8, record 1, French, - brevet%C3%A9
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
brevetaire : désignation proposée par certains auteurs mais dont l'usage est vieilli. 9, record 1, French, - brevet%C3%A9
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Patentes de invención (Derecho)
- Derecho mercantil
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- titular de una patente
1, record 1, Spanish, titular%20de%20una%20patente
correct, masculine and feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2015-10-19
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Practice and Procedural Law
- Rules of Court
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- entertain an action
1, record 2, English, entertain%20an%20action
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... this Court has exclusive jurisdiction to entertain an action instituted for the purpose of having a patent declared invalid or void... 2, record 2, English, - entertain%20an%20action
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit judiciaire
- Règles de procédure
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- connaître d'une action
1, record 2, French, conna%C3%AEtre%20d%27une%20action
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Avoir compétence pour instruire une action. 2, record 2, French, - conna%C3%AEtre%20d%27une%20action
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La Cour a compétence pour connaître d'une action intentée à la demande du procureur général du Canada ou du ministre de la Justice du Nouveau Brunswick afin d'obtenir une opinion déclaratoire concernant la validité d'une loi ou d'une disposition d'une loi de la Législature [...] 3, record 2, French, - conna%C3%AEtre%20d%27une%20action
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2014-10-10
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Patents (Law)
- Legal Actions
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- action for the infringement of a patent
1, record 3, English, action%20for%20the%20infringement%20of%20a%20patent
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- patent infringement action 2, record 3, English, patent%20infringement%20action
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
An action for the infringement of a patent may be brought in that court of record that, in the province in which the infringement is said to have occurred, has jurisdiction, pecuniarily, to the amount of the damages claimed. 1, record 3, English, - action%20for%20the%20infringement%20of%20a%20patent
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
- Actions en justice
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- action en contrefaçon de brevet
1, record 3, French, action%20en%20contrefa%C3%A7on%20de%20brevet
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- action en contre-façon de brevet 2, record 3, French, action%20en%20contre%2Dfa%C3%A7on%20de%20brevet
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Une action en contrefaçon de brevet peut être portée devant la cour d’archives qui, dans la province où il est allégué que la contrefaçon s’est produite, a juridiction, pécuniairement, jusqu’à concurrence du montant des dommages-intérêts réclamés. 3, record 3, French, - action%20en%20contrefa%C3%A7on%20de%20brevet
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2014-09-11
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Patents (Law)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- seal of the Patent Office
1, record 4, English, seal%20of%20the%20Patent%20Office
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Every court, judge and person shall take notice of the seal of the Patent Office, shall admit the impressions thereof in evidence in like manner as the impressions of the Great Seal are admitted in evidence... 1, record 4, English, - seal%20of%20the%20Patent%20Office
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- sceau du Bureau des brevets
1, record 4, French, sceau%20du%20Bureau%20des%20brevets
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les tribunaux, juges et autres personnes admettent d’office le sceau du Bureau des brevets et en admettent les empreintes en preuve, au même titre que les empreintes du grand sceau. 1, record 4, French, - sceau%20du%20Bureau%20des%20brevets
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2014-05-14
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Law of Contracts (common law)
- Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
- Patents (Law)
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- licensee agreement
1, record 5, English, licensee%20agreement
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- licensee's agreement 2, record 5, English, licensee%27s%20agreement
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Court disagreed and held that a patent licensee does not need to breach its licensee agreement in order to seek a declaration that the patent is unenforceable, invalid, or not infringed. 3, record 5, English, - licensee%20agreement
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Droit des contrats (common law)
- Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- accord de titulaire de licence
1, record 5, French, accord%20de%20titulaire%20de%20licence
proposal, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- convention de détenteur de licence 1, record 5, French, convention%20de%20d%C3%A9tenteur%20de%20licence
proposal, masculine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Selon l'accord de licence du titulaire du brevet (donneur de licence) accorde le droit d'utiliser l'invention protégée, le modèle d'utilité et le design industriel dans la mesure spécifiée dans le contrat à une autre personne (le licencié), et celui-ci s'engage à payer au donneur de licence découlant de paiements contractuels et (ou) effectuer d'autres actions en vertu du contrat. 2, record 5, French, - accord%20de%20titulaire%20de%20licence
Record 5, Key term(s)
- accord d'un licencié
- convention d'un licencié
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2013-07-31
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Patents (Law)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- non-analogous art
1, record 6, English, non%2Danalogous%20art
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Innovention responded by arguing that the laser chess references were non-analogous art because they, unlike the Innovention patent's claims, were directed to virtual, not real-world, games. The district court agreed and ruled Innovention's patent non-obvious. 2, record 6, English, - non%2Danalogous%20art
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- technique non analogue
1, record 6, French, technique%20non%20analogue
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2009-08-07
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Occupation Names (General)
- Public Service
- Taxation
- Courts
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- cursitor baron
1, record 7, English, cursitor%20baron
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Under the English law, an officer(junior or puisne baron, subordinate member) of the court of the Exchequer who was appointed by patent under the great seal and who attended to matters ’of course’ on the revenue side. 2, record 7, English, - cursitor%20baron
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The office was abolished in 1856. 3, record 7, English, - cursitor%20baron
Record 7, Key term(s)
- cursitor baron of the Exchequer
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
- Fonction publique
- Fiscalité
- Tribunaux
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- cursitor baron
1, record 7, French, cursitor%20baron
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Échiquier d'Angleterre ou Cour de l'Échiquier : [...] Cour souveraine d'Angleterre, où l'on juge les causes touchant le trésor et les revenus du roi, touchant les comptes, déboursements, impôts, douanes et amendes; elle est composée de sept juges, qui sont le grand trésorier, le chancelier ou sous-trésorier de l'Échiquier, qui a la garde du sceau de l'Échiquier, le lord chef baron, les trois barons de l'Échiquier et le cursitor baron. [...] Le cursitor baron fait prêter serment aux sherifs et sous-sherifs des comtés, aux baillis, aux officiers de la douane, etc. 1, record 7, French, - cursitor%20baron
Record 7, Key term(s)
- cursitor baron de l'Échiquier
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2008-10-28
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Patents (Law)
- Biotechnology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- patentability of life forms
1, record 8, English, patentability%20of%20life%20forms
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Decisions on the patentability of life forms, both in Canada and elsewhere, have evolved largely as a result of court or patent office rulings rather than by legislative enactments. 1, record 8, English, - patentability%20of%20life%20forms
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
- Biotechnologie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- brevetabilité du vivant
1, record 8, French, brevetabilit%C3%A9%20du%20vivant
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Pourquoi la brevetabilité du vivant continue aujourd'hui à poser des problèmes difficiles et encore mal résolus? Il est plus difficile dans le domaine du vivant de faire la différence entre découverte et invention. Le vivant par nature préexistait. N'est-ce pas un patrimoine commun de l'humanité? Mais l'irruption des biotechnologies a rompu l'équilibre. On sait réaliser maintenant des combinaisons de gènes impossibles dans la nature qui peuvent être considérées comme de véritables innovations. 1, record 8, French, - brevetabilit%C3%A9%20du%20vivant
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Patentes de invención (Derecho)
- Biotecnología
Record 8, Main entry term, Spanish
- patentabilidad de las formas de vida
1, record 8, Spanish, patentabilidad%20de%20las%20formas%20de%20vida
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 8, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
El otro instrumento es el acuerdo sobre los aspectos de los derechos de propiedad intelectual relacionados con el comercio (TRIPs, por sus siglas en inglés) de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), que permite la patentabilidad de las formas de vida y exige la protección de las obtenciones vegetales mediante patentes o un sistema sui generis [...] El artículo del TRIPs que prevé la patentabilidad de formas de vida, [...] será sometido a revisión este año [...] La mayoría de las sociedades del Tercer Mundo considerarían la patente de formas de vida no sólo inmoral, sino también opuesta a sus valores culturales, sociales y religiosos [...] El acuerdo sobre TRIPs prevé la exclusión de plantas y animales y procesos esencialmente biológicos de la patentabilidad. Estados Unidos permite patentar formas de vida genéticamente modificadas con el argumento de que son invenciones humanas. 2, record 8, Spanish, - patentabilidad%20de%20las%20formas%20de%20vida
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Los gobiernos del Norte siguieron forzando a los del Sur a que admitieran la patentabilidad de las formas de vida. 3, record 8, Spanish, - patentabilidad%20de%20las%20formas%20de%20vida
Record 9 - internal organization data 2005-02-01
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- unlicensed
1, record 9, English, unlicensed
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
- unauthorized 2, record 9, English, unauthorized
correct
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Done or undertaken without license or permission ... 3, record 9, English, - unlicensed
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Instead of a patent holder’s interest in an unlicensed patent, the better analogy is to the Federal Government’s interest in an unissued patent. 4, record 9, English, - unlicensed
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The Court found that Mr. Lynt wrongly used client secrets and confidences to file an unauthorized patent application listing himself as a co-inventor. 5, record 9, English, - unlicensed
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- non autorisé
1, record 9, French, non%20autoris%C3%A9
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le gouvernement a l'intention de modifier la loi pour rendre compatible avec l'OMC [Organisation mondiale du Commerce] les conditions d'octroi d'un brevet non autorisé. 2, record 9, French, - non%20autoris%C3%A9
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 2005-01-18
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Patents (Law)
- Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- person claiming under a patentee
1, record 10, English, person%20claiming%20under%20a%20patentee
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Supreme Court of Canada held that a non-exclusive licensee under a patent is a person claiming under a patentee and has a statutory right to pursue a claim for damages against the infringer under section 55(1). 2, record 10, English, - person%20claiming%20under%20a%20patentee
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
- Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- personne se réclamant du breveté
1, record 10, French, personne%20se%20r%C3%A9clamant%20du%20brevet%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] une personne «se réclamant» du breveté est une personne qui tire du breveté son droit d'utilisation de l'invention brevetée, à quelque degré que ce soit. Le droit d'employer une invention en est un dont le monopole est conféré par un brevet. 2, record 10, French, - personne%20se%20r%C3%A9clamant%20du%20brevet%C3%A9
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 2001-02-22
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Finance
- Banking
- Property Law (civil law)
- Property Law (common law)
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- abdication
1, record 11, English, abdication
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
- abdication 1, record 11, English, abdication
correct
- act of renunciation 2, record 11, English, act%20of%20renunciation
- renunciation 2, record 11, English, renunciation
- surrender 3, record 11, English, surrender
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF
surrender: the voluntary relinquishment of a right, or of a power or office, by one person (the surrenderor) to another (the surrenderee), either by written instrument or by delivery of the thing which is the object of the right. 3, record 11, English, - abdication
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
surrender: A fundamental category of juridical acts in the common law. 3, record 11, English, - abdication
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Surrender is a generic term for all acts of the kind, [mentioned in the definition] but the following specific terms, including surrender itself, are normally used depending on what is surrender : surrender for an estate, lease, patent, insurance policy or physical object; disclaimer, renunciation, for an estate, succession, inheritance or office, especially if not yet vested or if unwanted or burdensome; resignation, reliquishment, for an office; waiver release, for a right of action; waiver renunciation, for a right to attend a meeting, right to receive notice, right to generally to the benefit of an obligation; release for a debt, usually on its satisfaction, e. g. for a mortgage; remission for an unsatisfied debt; discontinuance for the reliquishment and consequent termination of a judicial action by written notice given by a plaintiff, or for the termination of an abandoned action by court order. All the above should be clearly distinguished from abandonment, which is a unilateral and unwritten act of relinquishment, e. g. of a child, a ship, land, a building, goods, or of a judicial action where no notice of relinquishment is given by the plaintiff(in which connection abandonment does not terminate the action if the possibility subsists of it being revived) ;and from forfeiture, which is involuntary. 3, record 11, English, - abdication
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS
surrender: Term, definition and observations reproduced from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva. 4, record 11, English, - abdication
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Finances
- Banque
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- abandon volontaire
1, record 11, French, abandon%20volontaire
masculine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
- abdication 2, record 11, French, abdication
feminine noun
- acte abdicatif 3, record 11, French, acte%20abdicatif
masculine noun
- acte d'abdication 4, record 11, French, acte%20d%27abdication
masculine noun
- abandon 4, record 11, French, abandon
masculine noun
- renonciation 4, record 11, French, renonciation
feminine noun
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
En droit civil, surrender est désigné par le terme délaissement. Cette notion a une application plus restreinte : matière hypothécaire ou livraison d'une chose mobilière ou immobilière. 5, record 11, French, - abandon%20volontaire
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS
acte d'abdication, acte abdicatif, abandon et renonciation : Termes reproduits de Law Terminology avec l'autorisation du Bureau des Nations Unies à Genève. 5, record 11, French, - abandon%20volontaire
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Finanzas
- Operaciones bancarias
- Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
- Derecho de propiedad (common law)
Record 11, Main entry term, Spanish
- abdicación
1, record 11, Spanish, abdicaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 11, Synonyms, Spanish
- abandono 2, record 11, Spanish, abandono
masculine noun
- renuncia 2, record 11, Spanish, renuncia
feminine noun
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
abandono y renuncia: Términos reproducidos de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra. 3, record 11, Spanish, - abdicaci%C3%B3n
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