meaning that it never expires. Patents on the other hand have a shelf life of twenty years‚ plus you have to disclose your means of building the item. A trade secret is good as long as the item is kept secret. Companies usually have attorneys draw Non-Disclosure Agreements for employees and partners and usually state termination or harsher punishment for leaked secrets. Business method patents are really hard to enforce and have only been allow in a court of law since the late 1990’s‚ which drives
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LEGAL AWARENESS IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR “The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness” Sonam Priya Singh . Our country is a democratic country as well as a welfare state. “Rule of Law” is the edifice on which the democratic structure has been built on. “Rule of Law” means everybody is equal in the eyes of law. In spite of this solemn principle‚ every day we hear news about instances of atrocities committed against women and children‚ excesses
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of sanctions in our society today In today’s society we impose sanctions on individuals who break laws of the community. There are many types of sanctions such as; fines‚ intensive correction‚ community based‚ youth training and drug treatment orders‚ home detention‚ suspended sentences and imprisonment. Imposing sanctions among offenders is highly successful in our society today as they may deter the individual/ general community from committing/re-committing a crime‚ to protect the society‚
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Legalizing Gay Marriage (resubmission) Imagine you’ve met the love of your life‚ but he’s slowly dying from a terminal illness. He doesn’t have medical insurance and can’t afford the operation that will help him recover. If he dies‚ all his belongings would go to his brother and sister. You can’t even visit him in the hospital because you aren’t married. But the thing is‚ you can’t get married because both of you are of the same sex‚ and the state you live in does not allow same-sex marriage
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CHAPTER I Introduction Providing assistance to people to access the justice system is one of the key functions of every welfare state. It is very essential to the State to provide legal assistance to the people who are otherwise unable to access the court and law. The very basic reason behind the incorporation and establishing of this idea is that no one would have been denied justice due to his poverty or economical backwardness. India attained the independence and became a republic by adopting
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Computer Use in Legal Work How Automation Software is Changing Law Computers have been dominating the workplace these days. In this modern world‚ companies have become ultimately dependent on computers when it comes to continuous or automatic tasks where humans are no match with when it comes to process time. It completely eliminates the factor of “human error” and the inherent disadvantages of humans versus computers‚ such as the need to sleep or rest‚ the need for variety‚ etc. Modern technology
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expectation damage in this case‚ and Mogul supposes to compensate for $2500 (the difference in price). 4) Did Horatio do something for mitigation of losses? No‚ Horatio didn’t‚ because when Horatio knew the change‚ he insisted on Mogul‚ rather than order with another form at $1.25. Later he has to spend 1.50. He didn’t reduce the losses‚ but he has the duty to do that. 5) Is there unforeseen event? Yes‚ there is‚ because if the threatened conflict occurs before they entered contract or it didn’t
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An Act relating to employment. [1st June 1957.] PART I - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and application (1) This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1955. (2) This Act shall apply to West Malaysia only. 2. Interpretation (1) In this Act‚ unless the context otherwise requires -- "agricultural undertaking" means any work in which any employee is employed under a contract of service for the purposes of agriculture‚ horticulture or silviculture‚ the tending of domestic animals and poultry or the
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Regina (Rottman) V Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2002] 2 AC 692 [2002] UKHL 20 House of Lords 16th May 2002 Lord Nichols of Birkenhead‚ Lord Hoffman Lord Hope of Craighead‚ Lord Hutton and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry The powers of the police to search and seize property from private premises with an arrest warrant issued under S.8. of the Extradition Act 1989 . Whether the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ss. 17‚ 18 and 19 or common law powers to search and seize extends to
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should carry out an important role in cleaning up the vandalism. They need to monitor the activities of their children sotheir kids won’t involve in any of the negative symptom. Not only that‚ but mixing their children should also be monitored in order to make sure their kids choose their right friends and partners. Moreover‚ parents should show a good
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