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  • 41Patentable subject matter — Patent law (patents for inventions) …

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  • 42List of UK judgments relating to excluded subject matter — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …

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  • 43List of judgments of the UK Courts relating to excluded subject matter — This article lists judgments of the UK Courts relating to excluded subject matter. Under United Kingdom patent law, a patent may only be granted for an invention . While the meaning of invention is not defined, certain things are not regarded as… …

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  • 44interest in subject matter — For the purpose of intervention, some legal or equitable interest in the subject of the action which a judgment or decree will or may affect. Universal Oil Products Co. v Standard Oil Co. 6 F Supp 37. For the purpose of a statute rendering one… …

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  • 45statutory subject matter — A requirement for utility patent rights. To qualify, an invention must fit into at least one of five categories: compositions of matter (compounds such as a drug or glue) articles of manufacture (simple devices such as screwdrivers and rakes)… …

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  • 46jurisdiction of the subject matter — Power of a particular court to hear the type of case that is then before it. Alfaro v. Meagher, 27 Ill.App.3d 292, 326 N.E.2d 545, 548. Term refers to jurisdiction of court over class of cases to which particular case belongs, Ferree v. Ferree,… …

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  • 47jurisdiction of the subject matter — Power of a particular court to hear the type of case that is then before it. Alfaro v. Meagher, 27 Ill.App.3d 292, 326 N.E.2d 545, 548. Term refers to jurisdiction of court over class of cases to which particular case belongs, Ferree v. Ferree,… …

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  • 48subject matter of contract — Property or services of a wide range, the reported cases indicating that almost every conceivable form of property or services has been involved. 17 Am J2d Contr § 14 …

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  • 49matter — mat·ter n 1: a subject of consideration, disagreement, or litigation: as a: a legal case, dispute, or issue a matter within the court s jurisdiction often used in titles of legal proceedings matter of Doe see also in re b …

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  • 50subject — n 1 *citizen, national Antonyms: sovereign 2 Subject, matter, subject matter, argument, topic, text, theme, motive, motif, leitmotiv can mean the basic idea or the principal object of thought or attention in a discourse or artistic composition.… …

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