Bestandsklage
English translation: shelf complaints
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| 21:36 Apr 8, 2003 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Patents / Patent litigation | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M. United States Local time: 09:18 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | "shelf [or stockpile] patent" complaints |
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| 3 | inventory complaints |
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39 mins confidence: 
inventory complaints Explanation: Funny term. Hence the qualification "socalled" perhaps. If it is any help, see: EMC Corporation ... More information on EMC's complaints against Hitachi is ... patents, and enforcing these patents is a ... insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (vi) competitive ... www.emc.com/ip/press_release_051302.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.emc.com ] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-04-08 22:18:04 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or even Patent suits. See: Lemelson Patent ... Court Deals Setback to Lemelson Patent Suits. ... hear a potentially potent defense against the Lemelson patents. ... and systems in their inventory control, warehousing ... www.imra.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3171 - 35k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-04-08 22:21:15 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the wrong word. I meant inventory suits of course. |
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59 mins confidence:
I think Explanation: Bestand here means 'Gültigkeit (haben), IMO, not inventory, eg. 'Bestandskraft' Civil complaints arising from intellectual property rights on the one hand, and on the other, so-called complaints challenging the validity...[of] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-04-08 22:37:40 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- arising from the VIOLATION of....of course |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1"shelf [or stockpile] patent" complaints Explanation: The patentee secures a "shelf patent" which lies dormant, but serves as an obstacle to others from securing theirs. |
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