An opposition proceeding is an administrative process available under the patent and trademark law of many jurisdictions which allows third parties to formally dispute the validity of a pending patent application ("pre-grant opposition"), of a granted patent ("post-grant opposition") or of a trademark.
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Famous quotes containing the words opposition and/or proceeding:
“My opposition [to interviews] lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it.... There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)