In this lesson we’ll learn legal English vocabulary related to copyright. Copyrighted works are created by authors, who receive royalties for the use of their work. Copyright exists for a specific term, and may be assigned to others. Limits to copyright include works in the public domain as well as fair use. We’ll also look at ideas like copyright infringement and piracy.

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In this lesson we’ll look at vocabulary related to intellectual property, or IP. Intellectual property includes patents, as well as trademarks and trade secrets. IP may be licensed to others, but it still belongs to the rights holder. We’ll cover activities such as counterfeiting, as well as reverse engineering. And finally, we’ll look at designation of origin.

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This episode of Video Vocab is the second of our two-part series on vocabulary related to contract law. In our last episode, we looked at some of the basic principles of contracts. Today, we’ll focus on specific terms and language found in contracts.

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This episode of Video Vocab is the first of our two-part series on vocabulary related to business contracts. In this lesson, we’ll look at the key principles behind contracts and contract law.

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This video podcast introduces definitions and collocations for English vocabulary related to commercial law.

Feature vocabulary includes: contract law; copyright; intellectual property rights, arbitration, lawsuit; to sue; to litigate; plaintiff; defendant; damages; settlement; injunction and appeals.

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This is the second in our 3-part Video Vocab series on the law. Today we focus on English vocabulary used to describe the actions and people involved in a court case.

Key Vocabulary:
Court case (n), trial (n), judge (n), jury (n), witness (n), defendant (n), innocent (adj), guilty (adj), plea (n), testify (v), deliberate (v), verdict (n), convict (v), sentence (v), fine (n) & prison sentence (n).

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In this episode of Video Vocab we’re going to look at basic vocabulary related to the law. This is the first in a three-part series: part 1 covers basic legal terms, part 2 will look at words related to a court case and part 3 will look at the vocabulary related to commercial law.

Key Vocabulary:
1. Law (civil, criminal, contract, property, trust, tort, constitutional, administrative & international)
2. Lawyer (AmE = Attorney, BrE = Solicitor)
3. Defense
4. Prosecution
5. Case

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