German: BestandsklageEnglish translation: shelf complaints 
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Law/Patents - Patents / Patent litigation | | German term or phrase: Bestandsklage | | Context: Klagen aus Verletzung von Immaterialgüterrechten einerseits und sog. Bestandsklagen andererseits.... |
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Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M.
United States
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| inventory complaints
Explanation:
Funny term. Hence the qualification "socalled" perhaps. If it is any help, see:
EMC Corporation
... More information on EMC's complaints against Hitachi is ... patents, and enforcing these
patents is a ... insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (vi) competitive ...
www.emc.com/ip/press_release_051302.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.emc.com ]
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Note added at 2003-04-08 22:18:04 (GMT)
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Or even Patent suits. See:
Lemelson Patent
... Court Deals Setback to Lemelson Patent Suits. ... hear a potentially potent defense against
the Lemelson patents. ... and systems in their inventory control, warehousing ...
www.imra.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3171 - 35k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 2003-04-08 22:21:15 (GMT)
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Sorry for the wrong word. I meant inventory suits of course.
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Explanation:
Bestand here means 'Gültigkeit (haben), IMO, not inventory, eg. 'Bestandskraft'
Civil complaints arising from intellectual property rights on the one hand, and on the other, so-called complaints challenging the validity...[of]
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Note added at 2003-04-08 22:37:40 (GMT)
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arising from the VIOLATION of....of course
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Native speaker of:  English, German
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| "shelf [or stockpile] patent" complaints
Explanation:
The patentee secures a "shelf patent" which lies dormant, but serves as an obstacle to others from securing theirs.
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