Official Language (EU)
For EU instruments to have proper legal effect they need …
Offsets
Refers to requirements often included in major public procurement contracts, …
OHIM
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, the former official …
OJ
See Official Journal (OJ).
Oligopoly
A market where there are so few suppliers that each …
Oligopsony
A market in which there are so few buyers that …
Omnibus Claim
A claim to a device or process as set forth …
Omnibus Disclosure
Refers to a big patent application, often filed as a …
On-Sale-Bar
Most patent systems prohibit an inventor from applying for a …
One-Legged Chinamen Fallacy, the
Cautionary tale sometimes told to admonish executives not to base …
Open Claim
A patent claim that recites a series of limitations or …
Open Source
Software for which the source code is made available to …
Open the Kimono
Rude, sexist and possible racist jargon, that reflects a certain …
Operating System
In principle, the low-level software that handles the interface to …
OPIC
The United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation, an entity that …