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GLOSSARY
The Patents Act, 2005
Section 2. (1) of the Patents Act, specifies the following terms,
c. "Convention application" means an application for a patent made by virtue of section 135;
d. "convention country" means a country or a country which is member of a group of countries or a union of countries or an Inter-governmental organization referred to as a convention country in section 133; j. "invention" means a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application; j(a) "inventive step" means a feature of an invention that involves technical advance as compared to the existing knowledge or having economic significance or both and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art;'; k. “ new invention” means any invention or technology which has not been anticipated by publication in any document or used in the country or elsewhere in the world before the date of filing of patent application with complete specification, i.e., the subject matter has not fallen in public domain or that it does not form part of the state of the art; m. “patent” means a patent for any invention granted under this Act; n. "patent agent" means a person for the time being registered under this Act as a patent agent; o. “patented article" and "patented process" mean respectively an article or process in respect of which a patent is in force; o(a). "Patent Cooperation Treaty" means the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at Washington on the 19th day of June, 1970 as amended and modified from time to time; p. "patentee" means the person for the time being entered on the register as the grantee or proprietor of the patent;
The Trademarks Act, 1999
Plaintiff: A plaintiff, also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court.
A plaintiff in a trademark infringement case generally
The Patents Act, 2005
Section 2. (1) of the Patents Act, specifies the following terms,
c. "Convention application" means an application for a patent made by virtue of section 135;
d. "convention country" means a country or a country which is member of a group of countries or a union of countries or an Inter-governmental organization referred to as a convention country in section 133; j. "invention" means a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application; j(a) "inventive step" means a feature of an invention that involves technical advance as compared to the existing knowledge or having economic significance or both and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art;'; k. “ new invention” means any invention or technology which has not been anticipated by publication in any document or used in the country or elsewhere in the world before the date of filing of patent application with complete specification, i.e., the subject matter has not fallen in public domain or that it does not form part of the state of the art; m. “patent” means a patent for any invention granted under this Act; n. "patent agent" means a person for the time being registered under this Act as a patent agent; o. “patented article" and "patented process" mean respectively an article or process in respect of which a patent is in force; o(a). "Patent Cooperation Treaty" means the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at Washington on the 19th day of June, 1970 as amended and modified from time to time; p. "patentee" means the person for the time being entered on the register as the grantee or proprietor of the patent;
The Trademarks Act, 1999
Plaintiff: A plaintiff, also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court.
A plaintiff in a trademark infringement case generally