Bid Rigging
An agreement between bidders as to the terms of their …
Bifurcate
Refers to the division of a legal process, for example …
Big-Book Application
A patent application strategy used by startup technology companies who …
Bigot List
Term used to describe a list of company employees who …
Bill of Materials
See BOM.
BIS
Acronym for the Bureau of Industry and Security of the …
Black List
See Block Exemption.
Blame God Strategy
Negotiating strategy based on one party referring issues out to …
Blame-Storming
Pun on brainstorming that describes the tendency of some organizations, …
Block Exemption
Under European Law (specifically Article 101 of the Treaties of …
Block-booking
Former practice of major movie and production studios of requiring …
Blocking Patent
A patent held by a third party that blocks commercial …
Blue Sky law
A term used to refer to U.S. state laws designed …
Blue-Pencil, Blue-Penciling
Terms which refer to the modification of a contract by …
Board of Appeal(s), European Patent Office
The European Patent Office has a system of boards of …