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To misrepresent, trademark infringement. To make a false representation that is likely to induce the average person to believe that the goods or services being offered are those of another. For example, to package orange juice using a label that looks like a leading, high quality brand and which would fool the average person into beliving that the product was produced by the … [Read more...] about PASSING OFF

Know all men by these presents. Words with which letters of attorney anciently commenced. Reg. Orig. 305b, 306. … [Read more...] about PATEAT UNIVERSIS PER PRAESENTES

(A) In the slave states this word signifies a certificate given by the master or mistress to a slave, in which it is stated that he is permitted to leave his home, with the authority of his master or mistress. The paper on which-such certificate is written is also called a pass. (B) practice. To be given, or entered; to proceed; as, let the judgment pass for the plaintiff. (C) … [Read more...] about PASS

In English law. A kind of permit being a note or check which the toll-clerks on some canals give to the boatmen, specifying the lading for which they have fcaid toll. Wharton. … [Read more...] about PASSING-TICKET

The exclusive right, granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), to use, manufacture, sell and license the use of an invention. Utility patents (for useful items) last for 20 years from the date the patent application was filed and design patents (aesthetic reasons) last for 14 years from the date issued. … [Read more...] about PATENT