Glossary
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- Licence
A document between the owner of a trade mark or other intellectual property rights and another party, granting that party the right to use that trade mark or intellectual property rights. Licences are normally granted in return for royalty payments and are for limited periods of time.
- Licencee
The party authorised by the owner to use the trade mark or other intellectual property rights.
- Licensor
The party authorising a third party to use a trade mark or other intellectual property rights it owns.
- Limitation
An applicant for a trade mark may voluntarily impose a geographical or other limitation to the use of its trade mark applied for. This is usually done to overcome objections raised during the prosecution procedure or to honour agreements made with third parties.
- Litigation rights
The right to bring or contest a lawsuit.
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys is authorised to grant litigation rights, in the Patents County Court and the High Court, to suitably qualified members of the Institute. Rights can be granted to Fellows or Ordinary Members of ITMA who are also registered trade mark attorneys. In order to be granted litigator's rights, members must:
- be a solicitor; or
- in the absence of prior experience, take a litigation course validated by ITMA and obtain six months' subsequent experience under appropriate supervision; or
- for a transitional period only, have been an RTMA for at least three years; and either:
- have extensive experience of litigation; or
- have relevant experience and attend a Litigation Crash Course validated by the ITMA Litigators' Accreditation Board (LAB).
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