Definition of License, its status and types Sample Clauses

Definition of License, its status and types. 2.1 The definition of license Before defining the term, it is first necessary to define it literally. License is originally a French word and in Persian dictionary Dehkhoda it is defied as: "permission; higher degree usually that includes three years of education after high school; the degree of certificate." (Xxxxxxxx, 1994, p. 1753) In the Oxford Advanced Dictionary it is also defined as: “to give sombody official permission to do, own, or use something, such as a driver's license or license of office” (Hornby, 2000, p. 740). In the legal literature of our country, many equivalents are attributed for the term License. Some have preferred "permission" (Eshmittof, 1999, pp. 418, 419) and some of them prefer the term “privilege” (Xxxxxx, 2004, p. 328). In some translations, the franchise is taken an equivalent to the above terms; due to the confusion, the comparison of the translation with the original text is difficult sometimes. The concept of the License isn’t so much different from the literal term. In this regard, the legal dictionary "Black" has provided some descriptions that help to clarify the point. In this dictionary, there are detailed explanations under the heading License, which some have little to do with us, but in explaining patent License, the following is stated: “Written permission of the owner or a patent that enables another one to invent a product in a given period of time or territory; A transfer that does not affect the owner's monopoly, Except that prevents him from exercising his right to prohibit. License patents, transmits fewer rights than selling it. The language or any other behavior used by the owner that shows the owner's consent; it is achieved on the basis of inference and constitutes a license” (Xxxxxxxx, 1990, p. 920). This definition implies that in the License contract, the ownership of the subject of contract is not transferred, but simply the permission to use is transferred. License is defined a book entitled a practical guide to the provisions of competition law in European Union, as: License is a contract between the holder of intellectual property and the other party who wants to get legal permission from the License provider, whether to use the intellectual property in the exclusive domain or to exploit the technological innovations protected by intellectual property’s rights. License issues are often recorded In the field of technology and intellectual property […] Though technical knowledge (unregistered) is ...