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• design patent — UK US noun [C] ► LAW in the US, a legal document that protects the way something looks so that others cannot copy it: »It s possible that your creations may qualify for a design patent. »apply for/grant a design patent → Compare REGISTERED… …   Financial and business terms

• Design patent — US design patent D48,160 for the original Coca Cola bottle. In the United States, a design patent is a patent granted on the ornamental design of a functional item. Design patents are a type of industrial design right. Ornamental designs of… …   Wikipedia

• Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …   Wikipedia

• design patent — A patent of a design giving a new and pleasing appearance to an article of manufacture, whereby its sale is enhanced. Smith v Whitman Saddle Co. 148 US 674, 37 L Ed 606, 13 S Ct 768; Viehmann v D. F. H. Novelty Furniture Co. (DC NY) 27 F Supp 566 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 …   Law dictionary

• design patent — de·sign patent n: a patent that protects the appearance of a product against infringement Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. design patent …   Law dictionary

• Design by contract — (DbC) or Programming by Contract is an approach to designing computer software. It prescribes that software designers should define formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications for software components, which extend the ordinary… …   Wikipedia

• Patent troll — is a pejorative but questioned term used for a person or company who is a non practicing inventor, and buys and enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered by the target or observers as unduly aggressive or… …   Wikipedia

• Design of Systems on Silicon — (DS2) Former type Private Industry Semiconductor Devices Founded 1998 Defunct 2010 Headquarters Valencia, Spain …   Wikipedia

• patent of invention — patent (of invention) n. The granting of a right or authority by the federal government; the document granting that right or authority; an exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention granted to the inventor of a unique device or process… …   Law dictionary

• Design right — is a sui generis intellectual property right in British law. There are two types of design rights: the registered design right (Registered Design Act 1949) and the unregistered design right. The unregistered design right is similar to copyright… …   Wikipedia