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APPROVED NAME [2 records]

Record 1 2013-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

Each medicine has an approved name called the generic name. A group of medicines that have similar actions often have similar sounding generic names.

French

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

Un médicament générique est commercialisé sous un nom qui n'’est ni une marque déposée ni un nom approuvé plutôt que sous un nom de marque.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
DEF

A name sanctioned by a names authority as the preferred name from among a number of allonyms for a given feature.

OBS

A single feature may have more than one standardized name. Example: Kaapstad and Cape Town (but not Capetown).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
DEF

Nom de lieu approuvé par une autorité toponymique comme la forme privilégiée pour une entité topographique donnée.

OBS

Pour les allonymes, deux ou plusieurs toponymes peuvent être choisis comme formes privilégiées.

Spanish

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