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Record 1 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Courts have by and large adopted an unexamined view of marriage, asserting without evidence or doubt that the marriage relationship has certain characteristics and that these ought to form the basis for a comparison with the relationship in question. If a significant(but unspecified) number of correspondences are found, the relationship under scrutiny will be held to be a "conjugal relationship. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

relation conjugale : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

A question-answering system is a form of natural language processing(NLP) solution designed to respond to user queries phrased in natural language. These systems accept a user's question and return a pertinent, informative response.

Key term(s)
  • question answering system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Un système de questions-réponses est un outil qui utilise des techniques d'intelligence artificielle pour comprendre et interpréter les questions posées par les utilisateurs en langage naturel et y apporter des réponses pertinentes et automatisées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

In mathematics, an inequation is a statement that an inequality holds between two values... It is usually written in the form of a pair of expressions denoting the values in question, with a relational sign between them indicating the specific inequality relation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

Une inéquation est une inégalité mathématique impliquant une ou plusieurs variables pour lesquelles on cherchera un ensemble de valeurs (l'ensemble-solution) la rendant vraie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
CONT

The Conclusion of Treaties. Under this head, a number of problems call for examination : the treaty-making power in international law; the form of treaties; the significance of signature and ratification; the meaning and admissibility of reservations; the registration of treaties; the problems arising from defects in the formation of the joint will; and, finally, the question of treaty languages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
OBS

Traditionnellement, la conclusion comportait la négociation, la signature, la ratification et l'échange ou le dépôt des instruments de ratification, opérations auxquelles il convient d'ajouter, depuis l'entrée en vigueur du Pacte de la Société des Nations, l'enregistrement, puis sur le plan du droit interne, la publication [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
CONT

El procedimiento formal que debe seguirse para la conclusión de los tratados, (que puede confundirse con los denominados requisitos de forma), está conformado por tres fases o etapas fundamentales: la negociación, la firma, y la ratificación.

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Record 5 2018-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

The process of aiding the operator of a computer in the form of a question or statement that appears on the screen showing that the equipment is ready to proceed and indicating the options available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

a form of test in which a question or problem is presented together with a plurality of answers for the testee's choice of the best answer.

OBS

A test that gives more than two suggested answers is often called a multiple-choice test.

OBS

for "option test" : According to a Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Terms, the term "option test" is recommended but less common than the other synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Instrument de mesure contenant des questions accompagnées de plusieurs choix de réponses.

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Financial Institutions
CONT

To the extent that a retention requirement is judged desirable, key policy questions are : how much should be retained, and what form should the retention take? Implicit in the latter question is a judgment on the degree of discretion originators should be given in choosing the form of retention, if a quantitative retention requirement exists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Institutions financières
CONT

Dans la mesure où les banques étaient les plus impliquées dans le processus de titrisation, des exigences de transparence et de rétention quantitative furent dans un premier temps introduites dans les règlements applicables au secteur bancaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Instituciones financieras
CONT

[...] el Comité ha considerado un requerimiento de retención cuantitativo y ha evaluado sus beneficios asociados frente a las dificultades de su aplicación.

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Record 8 2014-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
DEF

... includes any relevant knowledge, acts, descriptions and patents which pertain to, but predate, invention in question... anything in tangible form that may properly be relied on by patent office in patent cases in support of rejection on matter of substance, not form, of claim in pending application for patent.

CONT

Although novelty is assessed on the basis of a single item of prior art, it is permitted to read into prior art things that can be considered to be implicit therein, but references may not be combined to find a lack of novelty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
CONT

Bien qu'on se base sur une seule antériorité pour évaluer la nouveauté d'un objet, il est possible de déduire de l'antériorité des éléments qui peuvent être considérés comme implicites, toutefois on ne peut combiner les documents pour démontrer le manque de nouveauté.

CONT

Toutefois, en pratique, l'art antérieur sur lequel on s'appuie généralement ne comprend que les documents de brevets publiés, les articles de revues, les manuels et les autres publications semblables (c-à-d. des antériorités).

Spanish

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Record 9 2014-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

A form of structured review of publications that addresses a question that is formulated to be answered by analysis of the articles that relate to it.

OBS

This type of review involves objective means of searching the literature, applying predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria to the articles, critically appraising the relevant publications, and extracting and synthesising the results of the evidence to formulate findings. Statistical methods (meta-analysis) may or may not be used to analyse and summarize the results of the included studies.

OBS

systematic review; systematic overview: terms and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Forme de recension structurée des publications portant sur une question formulée de façon à ce qu’on puisse y répondre en analysant les articles qui s’y rapportent.

OBS

Ce type de revue implique des méthodes objectives de recherche documentaire, l’application de critères prédéterminés d’inclusion ou d’exclusion des articles, l’évaluation critique des publications pertinentes ainsi que l’extraction et la synthèse des données probantes qui permettent de formuler des conclusions. On peut ou non utiliser des méthodes statistiques (méta-analyse) pour analyser et synthétiser les résultats des études incluses.

OBS

revue systématique; synthèse systématique : termes et définitions normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
DEF

A single mark that combines the question mark (the interro) and the exclamation point (the bang).

CONT

A sentence ending with an interrobang asks a question in an excited manner, expresses excitement or disbelief in the form of a question, or asks a rhetorical question... The interrobang failed to amount to much more than a fad, however. It has not become a standard punctuation mark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
DEF

Signe de ponctuation qui combine les fonctions de point d'interrogation et de point d'exclamation.

CONT

Le point exclarrogatif peut servir à ponctuer une phrase qui est interrogative et exclamative à la fois, sans prédominance. Il peut alors remplacer l'usage des deux signes de ponctuation successifs ?! ou !?, qui sont parfois utilisés en littérature moderne. Cependant son usage est limité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística (Generalidades)
CONT

En lenguas escritas con alfabeto latino existen alrededor de 50 [...] signos no reconocidos. [...] un ejemplo es el interrobang: una superposición de interrogación y exclamación que aparece en 1962 [,] del latin interrogatio, y bang, que en el medio publicitario y periodístico anglosajón se refiere a un signo de exclamación.

OBS

En español, para nombrar el punto que abre el interrobang, se dice gnaborretni (o interrobang invertido) aunque, acaso para simplificar las cosas, la RAE decidió que las frases con ambigüedad enfática, es decir, las que podrían usar un interrobang, podrían entenderse mejor con un signo de puntuación distinto al inicio y al final de cada frase: ¡Qué? ¿Qué!

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Record 11 2012-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Communication and Information Management
OBS

In many instances Cabinet Ministers are asked questions in the House of Commons as a result of news reports or information derived from other sources. Therefore, in this order, "unusual incident" means any occurrence, major or minor, including news reports, that will or may create public interest, or is likely to be the subject of questions to the Minister or Associate Minister directly or in the House of Commons. Incidents that fall within the "may" aspects of this definition are anticipatory and as such must be assessed against the criteria :"is it possible that the incident will create public interest and form the subject of question to NDHQ or Ministers? As a general rule, any unusual incident that involves or could involve the public should be assessed as a possible subject for a Significant Incident Report or an Item of Possible Interest to Ministers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
DEF

A motion, independent in form, intended to replace the question under discussion. It may be either a dilatory motion or a motion for the previous question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
DEF

Motion indépendante par sa forme et visant à remplacer la question à l'étude. Les motions dilatoires et la question préalable font partie de cette catégorie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
DEF

Moción propuesta a fin de reemplazar la cuestión en estudio.

OBS

moción de sustitución: Las mociones dilatorias y la cuestión previa forman parte de esta categoría.

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Record 13 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

In the DSM-IV(Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Ganser's Syndrome is classified as an atypical type of dissociative disorder, related to conditions such as conversion disorder and multiple personality disorder. Ganser's syndrome is an uncommon disorder originally described in prison populations, and was sometimes termed prison psychosis by early clinicians. It is sometimes referred to as "the syndrome of approximate answers, "since individuals with Ganser's usually reply to questions by giving an answer that is slightly off. It is clear that the problem does not involve low IQ, and is not necessarily a form of psychosis. However, patients may exhibit visual hallucinations and apparent clouding of consciousness, raising the question of some neurological condition. Ganser's patients also exhibit physical symptoms that are not due to any know medical disorder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

réponses à côté, de tours souvent enfantins et ironiques, chez certains déficients mentaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
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Record 14 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

A signed consent form has undoubted evidentiary value and is a specific legal requirement in many situations. However, when an informed consent is called into question, a doctor's note on the record may be of equal or even greater usefulness for defence purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Le formulaire constitue simplement une confirmation écrite que des explications ont été données et que le malade a accepté ce qui lui était proposé. Un formulaire de consentement signé sera d'assez peu de valeur plus tard si le malade peut convaincre le tribunal que les explications fournies ont été insuffisantes ou, pis, absentes.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

An alphabetically ordered list of word forms extracted from a text including the source reference for each item as well as a selectable portion of the text preceding and following the word form in question.

OBS

A concordance usually has the form of a KWIC (keyword in context) concordance or of a sentence concordance.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Liste de formes lexicales classées par ordre alphabétique et extraites d'un texte comprenant la référence source de chaque élément ainsi qu'une portion sélectionnable du texte qui précède et qui suit la forme lexicale concernée.

OBS

Une concordance se présente généralement sous la forme d'une concordance KWIC (mot-clé dans le contexte) ou d'une concordance de phrase.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
DEF

Lista de las palabras principales y frases que aparecen en un documento ordenadas alfabéticamente con referencias a los pasajes en que aparecen o con el contexto actual de cada ocurrencia.

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Record 16 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

A trust-management system helps applications answer questions of the form, "does this potentially dangerous operation conform to my security policy?" Typically, the correct answer to such a question depends on what the operation is, who's asking for it to be performed, the local security policy, the requester's credentials, and other factors. Trust-management systems provide applications with a standard interface for getting answers to such questions, and provide users with a standard language for writing the policies and credentials that control what is allowed and what isn’t.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Processing
  • Road Construction Materials
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

An entirely different approach to conductive concrete is being taken by Jim Beaudouin at the Institute for Research and Construction in Ottawa. Adding carbon fibre to concrete is expensive. His approach is to use a conductive aggregate instead. The substance in question is porous carbon, a form of coke that is a by-product of steel making. And it is cheap.

Key term(s)
  • porous carbon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élaboration et mise en œuvre des matériaux
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Bétonnage
OBS

Voir «matériau composite», «fibre de carbone», «composite» et «béton poreux».

Spanish

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Record 18 1999-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Group Dynamics
DEF

A formal presentation of arguments on both sides of a question before an audience in accordance with standardized procedure; used as a form of training in public speaking and as a competitive intramural or interschool student activity.

CONT

A debate presents a conflict situation, in which opposing sides each present short speeches followed by rebuttals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Dynamique des groupes
DEF

Examen contradictoire d'une question portant sur des opinions controversées.

CONT

Le débat est très utile du point de vue didactique [...] C'est aussi un instrument très utile dans la dynamique de groupe [...] et il est largement employé comme stimulant pour la participation à des cours, des assemblées, etc. prenant la forme d'une «table ronde» où tous deviennent de libres interlocuteurs sous la direction éventuelle d'un «animateur».

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

An arrangement reproducing the form and method of operation of a measuring instrument using a given system and intended for the study of its metrological properties.

OBS

1. The conformity of the final form to the provisional pattern is mandatory in so far as it is necessary to preserve the metrological properties required of the instrument system in question. 2. The dimensions of the various parts of the provisional pattern need not conform exactly to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the final instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Dispositif reproduisant les formes et le mode de fonctionnement d'un instrument de mesurage utilisant un système déterminé et destiné à l'étude de ses propriétés métrologiques.

OBS

1. La conformité de l'instrument définitif au modèle provisoire est obligatoire dans la mesure où il est nécessaire de conserver les propriétés métrologiques exigées du système de l'instrument envisagé. 2. Les dimensions des divers éléments du modèle provisoire pourront ne pas être exactement conformes aux dimensions des éléments qui leur correspondent dans l'exécution définitive.

OBS

modèle provisoire d'un instrument de mesurage : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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Record 20 1995-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
CONT

TV Quiz Games. These instructional games take the form of an ordinary television quiz game. Typical of these is "Meet the Presidents. "Here, the student is given clues about the identity of a president of the United States and must guess who it is. The clues come in two forms. First, a detailed computer picture of the president in question slowly appears on the screen. Second, as this happens, clues as to his identity are flashed at the bottom of the screen. At any time the player may type in a guess. The sooner the correct name is entered, the higher the number of points awarded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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Record 21 1994-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

Vague term used in American clinical psychology used to describe a type of response elicited by the therapist that takes the form of either a question or statement which by its sympathetic nature encourages the patient to elaborate further, thereby providing the therapist with sufficient data to administer an appropriate therapy("processing" of the client). The term "process" may also refer to the nature of the therapist's question, which on the surface appears as if he or she is summarizing the process that has caused the patient to be traumatized.

CONT

The trainer should prompt the group to provide process responses, and determine whether they are accurate or inaccurate interpretations ....

OBS

Process in casework includes the observable dynamics of behaviors, interactions, and feelings (affect). It includes nonverbal behaviors, such as tone of voice, body posture and facial expressions; emotive or affective responses; interactions between family members or between the client and the caseworker; and clients’ expressed feelings about the problem or situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Psychologie clinique

Spanish

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Record 22 1991-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hypophysis
CONT

Has the patient experienced attacks of hypoglycemia or acidosis?

OBS

Question asked on a form concerning diabetes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hypophyse
CONT

L'exploration biologique tente de préciser la cause et du même coup le traitement de fond de l'accident hypoglycémique.

Spanish

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Record 23 1989-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

The first application of Skinner's research to the classroom situation came in the form of linear programmed learning. In this type of programmed learning, the subject matter is broken down into a sequence of small steps... logically following upon one another. Each of the steps represents only a very small part of the concept or skill to be taught.... each step contains a certain amount of information and requires the student to respond to a question about the information, while the small size of the step practically guarantees the correctness of the desired response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

L'enseignement programmé présente plusieurs caractéristiques qui le différencient des méthodes traditionnelles d'enseignement. Vous avez déjà appris l'un de ces principes. Ce principe est que l'élève apprend mieux s'il procède par petites étapes.

CONT

Enseignement programmé. (...) Il répond aux principes fondamentaux suivants : enseignement individualisé, progression par petites étapes, réponse, correction immédiate et renforcement de la réponse, respect du rythme individuel de l'élève.

Spanish

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Record 24 1987-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

It is a much disputed question in the teaching of legal authorities and in the jurisprudence of the principal countries whether the doctrine of litispendance, the object of which is to prevent the possibility of conflicting judgments, can be invoked in international relations, in the sense that the judges of one State should, in the absence of a treaty, refuse to entertain any suit already pending before the courts of another State, exactly as they would be found to do if an action on the same subject had at some previous time been brought in due form before another court of their own country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Situation qui se présente quand le différend porté devant un tribunal compétent pour en connaître est pendant devant un autre tribunal également compétent.

CONT

"C'est une question vivement controversée dans la doctrine des auteurs et dans la jurisprudence des principaux Etats, que celle de savoir si la litispendance, qui a pour objet de prévenir un conflit de choses jugées, peut être invoquée dans les rapports internationaux, en ce sens que les juges d'un État devraient refuser de connaître, en l'absence d'un traité, de toute affaire déjà pendante devant un tribunal étranger, exactement comme ils auraient le devoir de le faire si un tribunal national avait été, à une époque antérieure, régulièrement saisi de la même affaire.

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Record 25 1985-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Law
  • Trade
CONT

The franchise is only one form among many of the commercial concession, and its originality lies more in the terminology used by the parties than in the structure and purpose of the franchise contract. Commercial concessions in the form of distribution agreements are developed as energetically as franchises in fields where the manufacturer's products have distinctive brand names. Like franchise holders, distributors are given exclusive rights of distribution for a specific product or range of products, and undertake the same obligations to promote the products and to attain specified sales targets. In return distributors, like franchise holders, receive assistance from the manufacturer in organising sales and accompanying services, including technical "know how". The idea that a distributor should have an exclusive territory for the sale of the manufacturer's products is characteristic of commercial concessions, rather than franchises, but this idea has lately tended to give way to the more flexible concept of the distributor's zone of principal responsibility. As in the case of the franchise, this refers not so much to a particular geographical area as to the customers who are to be attracted to buying the products in question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial
  • Commerce
DEF

[...] le contrat liant un fournisseur (le concédant) à un commerçant indépendant (le concessionnaire), auquel il confère dans une zone déterminée, l'exclusivité de la revente de produits de marque, à la condition que le concessionnaire assume certaines obligations et accepte le contrôle du concédant, auprès duquel il s'engage parfois à s'approvisionner exclusivement en produits de même nature.

CONT

[Un] deuxième moyen juridique de monopoliser une clientèle en éliminant toute concurrence est constitué par les accords d'exclusivité au sens large. Tantôt il s'agira d'un producteur qui fera prendre l'engagement à certains clients de s'approvisionner en marchandises déterminées exclusivement chez lui, il s'agit alors d'une exclusivité d'approvisionnement. Tantôt au contraire le producteur assurera à certains commerçants l'exclusivité de distribution de produits ou services sur un territoire déterminé, on sera alors en présence d'une exclusivité de distribution [...]. [L'exclusivité de distribution] permet à un commerçant d'éliminer la concurrence, mais il s'agit cette fois du distributeur d'un produit ou d'un service, qui se voit accorder par le titulaire de la marque une exclusivité territoriale, qui l'assure, dans ce secteur, d'un certain monopole sur la clientèle. Deux techniques contractuelles permettent d'aboutir à ce résultat : la concession commerciale, la franchise commerciale.

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Record 26 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
OBS

(i. e. in an interference, claims which are subject to the question of priority of invention, and are cast in the form of conflicting claims)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)

Spanish

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