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Arrow declaration

Arrow declaration noun: a declaration or order sought, for reasons of legal certainty, from a court that a product or process to be launched was old (i.e., not novel) or obvious in patent law terms at a particular date, so that the product (or process) cannot be affected by (i.e., cannot infringe) any later granted patent, which would itself necessarily also either lack novelty or inventive step.

Noun

Arrow declaration (plural Arrow declarations)

  1. (UK) A declaration or order sought, for reasons of legal certainty, from a court that a product or process to be launched was old (i.e., not novel) or obvious in patent law terms at a particular date, so that the product (or process) cannot be affected by (i.e., cannot infringe) any later granted patent, which would itself necessarily also either lack novelty or inventive step.

Forms of Arrow declaration

pluralArrow declarations

Origin of Arrow declaration

Named after Arrow Generics Ltd. v Merck & Co Inc [2007] EWHC 1900 (Pat), in which it was originally suggested that this mechanism would be available as a declaratory relief.

Questions about Arrow declaration

What does Arrow declaration mean?
Arrow declaration means a declaration or order sought, for reasons of legal certainty, from a court that a product or process to be launched was old (i.e., not novel) or obvious in patent law terms at a particular date, so that the product (or process) cannot be affected by (i.e., cannot infringe) any later granted patent, which would itself necessarily also either lack novelty or inventive step.
What part of speech is Arrow declaration?
Arrow declaration is a noun.
What is the plural of Arrow declaration?
The plural of Arrow declaration is Arrow declarations.

Words near Arrow declaration in the dictionary

  1. arrow bamboo
  2. arrow bamboos
  3. arrow board
  4. arrow crab
  5. arrow crabs
  6. Arrow declaration
  7. arrow grass
  8. arrow in the quiver
  9. arrow key
  10. arrow keys
  11. arrow of love

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