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shop right

shop right noun: in United States patent law, an implied license under which a firm may use a patented invention, invented by an employee who was working within the scope of their employment, using the firms' equipment, or inventing at the firms' expense.

Noun

shop right

  1. (US) In United States patent law, an implied license under which a firm may use a patented invention, invented by an employee who was working within the scope of their employment, using the firms' equipment, or inventing at the firms' expense.

Questions about shop right

What does shop right mean?
Shop right means in United States patent law, an implied license under which a firm may use a patented invention, invented by an employee who was working within the scope of their employment, using the firms' equipment, or inventing at the firms' expense.
What part of speech is shop right?
Shop right is a noun.

Words near shop right in the dictionary

  1. shop heads
  2. shop keeper
  3. shop keepers
  4. shop owner
  5. shop owners
  6. shop right
  7. shop steal
  8. shop stealer
  9. shop stealers
  10. shop steals
  11. shop steward

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