Deck 6: Elements of Good Style: Clarity, Consistency, Effectiveness

Question 1

Holding a patent gives a person a right to stop others exploiting it. (exclude)

Answer 1

Ownership of a patent grants the right to exclude others from exploiting it.

Question 2

This licence can be brought to an end within two months from receiving a written document saying it should be brought to an end. (terminate/notice)

Answer 2

This licence may be terminated on giving two months' written notice.

Question 3

You must not mess with a patent held by someone else.

Answer 3

It is illegal to infringe a patent owned by another person or entity.

Question 4

Around the world, laws on patents are becoming more similar to each other. (harmonisation)

Question 5

In many countries it is necessary to pay money to keep a patent going. (fee, in force)

Question 6

The exclusionary clause is already null and void by reason of the prior order and direction of the court. This being the case, the exclusionary clause can have no further force or effect.

Question 7

The Landlord is entitled to inspect the property occupied by the lessor on giving the tenant seven days' notice in writing.

Question 8

The statement submitted to the court by the plaintiff includes an allegation that emloyees of the defendant removed machinery from the claimant's premises and installed it at that company's factory.

Question 9

The purchaser has breached the contract by failing to make payment by the due dates, and as a result of this violation the seller has commenced legal proceedings against the buyer.

Question 10

Clause fifteen of the contract deals with confidentiality, paragraph sixteen covers the question of governing law, and the issue of arbitration is handled in the seventeenth article of the agreement.

Question 11

In the event that there is a waiver of the indemnity provisions by the vendor, a letter confirming the waiver must be produced by the vendor's solicitor for the purpose of inspection by the purchaser.

Question 12

The first case was settled for £2,000, the second piece of litigation was disposed out of court for £2,500, while the price of the agreement reached in the third suit was £5,500.

Question 13

We acknowledge receipt of your letter of 12th March and the copy of the Lease Agreement enclosed therewith, and thank you for your prompt attention in this regard.

Question 14

You may wish to give consideration to the fact that in all likelihood the anticipated legal costs incurred in the prosecution of this action may well be in excess of the amount recoverable from the defendant.

Question 15

My client is willing to settle this case for £7,500, to be paid to your client, and your client must immediately return the blueprints and specifications and must remove all his equipment from the property. Moreover, my client insists upon having replacement of the entire section of fence which your client took down, the replacement to be at your client's expense.