Assert a Patent/Trademark/IP Right/Right
The term assert is used broadly to describe someone enforcing …
Category: Litigation
Assignation à Jour Fixé
French fast track litigation procedure sometimes also called procedure à jour …
At Will Employee, At Will Employment
The vast majority of the United States has what is …
Attachment
An order by a court or other body allowing assets …
Attorney
Someone granted powers to act on behalf of another and …
Attorneys’ Fees
In the United States, this is the bill from one’s …
Automatic Stay
Under US bankruptcy law a stay of proceedings by creditors goes …
Award, Arbitral
Term of art used to describe the judgment of an …
Bad Faith
This has multiple meanings: In trademark law it refers to …
Barrister
The British and Irish legal professions (as well as, to …
Battle of the Forms
Refers to the situation where each party to a commercial …
Belgian Distributor Rights
Belgian law (under the Act of 27 July 1961) provides …
Best Endeavours/Endeavors/Endevors
See Efforts (‘Endeavours/Endeavors’) Clause
Bifurcate
Refers to the division of a legal process, for example …
Boiler Plate
Standard language found with little variation in many contracts of …