adjustment
Änderungen
To make an adjustment means to change or alter the settings on something to make it perform better
tangible assets
materielle Vermögenswerte
A valuable item that is owned.tangible assets are for example machines, fleet, inventory, cash, computer equipment
intangible assets
Immaterielle Vermögenswerte
intangible assets are non-material worthy assets like patents
confidential
vertraulich
Confidential information which is kept between certain people and/or institutions and is not meant to be disclosed.
Copyrights
Kopierechte
Lawfully provided rights on own works like music, texts, films granted by a state to an author. It is given the latter full control about selling, licensing and distributing their work.
design patent
Eingetragenes Design
In the United States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of a functional item i.e the appearance of items.
disclosure
Offenlegung
A disclosure is any public distribution of information about an invention, by print, demonstrations, or other means.Disclosure also refers to any part of a patent application process where the in…
enclosure
Geheimhhaltung
exclusive rights
Exklusivrechte
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
grant
gewähren
to agree to do, give, or allow (something asked for or hoped for): to give (something) legally or formally: to admit (something) although it does not agree with or support your opinion
intellectual property
patents, trademarks, copyrights,industrial design rights or trade secrets.
inevention
Erfindung
A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation
jurisdiction
Zuständigkeit
is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication,
license
Lizenz
A license is a legal document giving official permission to do something.
limited period of time
Befristeter Zeitraum
confined lapse of time
maintenance
Wartung
noun aid, alimony, allowance, assistance, financial backing, financing, legal assistance, legal support, means of subsistence, monetary help, necessaries, necessities of life,preservation, subsidy, s…
Monopoly
Monopol
A situation in which a single company or group owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service.
patent
Patent
set of rights granted by one (or several) states to an inventor for the protection of an invention which is new non obvious and industrially applicableN.B: patents are called 'utility patents' in…
patent attorney
Patentanwalt
A lawyer with expertise in intellectual property law as it pertains to securing and protecting an inventor’s property rights to a unique, useful and nonobvious invention.
plant patent
Planzen-Patent
also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are rights granted to the breeder of a new variety
territory
Territorium
A part of a country separated from the rest
to enable
zu ermöglichen
To make feasible or possible
Trade secret
Betriebsgeheimnis
A secret formula, method, or device that gives one an advantage over competitors.
Trademark
Markenzeichen
Protect words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors that distinguish goods and services.Trademarks can be renewed forever as long as they are being used in business.
Uitlity model
Gebrauchsmusterschutz
Sets of rights granted by some states like Germany (under the name 'Gebrauchsmusterschutz') to an inventor for a certain period of time
utility patent
Gebrauchsmuster
Sets of rights granted by the USA for the protection (in the USA) of an invention.It is the equivalent in Europe of the 'patent'
EPO
Europäisches Patentamt
European patent office
disruptive innovation
Disruptive Innovation
Process of innovating i.e. implementing a new method, technique, idea, product
reverse egineering
Umgekehrter Produktionsprozess
Process performed by a skilled engineer to find out how an invention is designed, what it consists of and possibly how to copy it.
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