Sometimes, in a divorce, one spouse will try to hide or conceal assets from the other spouse. For example, this may occur because a husband does not want to share a large asset like a bank account or a piece of real estate with his wife, as is usually required in divorces.
The adjective nonplussed means surprised, confused, and uncertain what to do or say.. It is increasingly used in the almost opposite sense of untroubled, especially in U.S. English (Nonplussed by the criticism, she continued to direct her films in the very same offbeat manner for which she was famed.).
The term âpatent misuseâ refers to specific types of prohibited behavior engaged in by the owner of the patent rights. Patent misuse is an affirmative defense that recognizes that it is possible for a patent owner to abuse the exclusive right enjoyed as a result of the issuance of a patent.herefore, the question with respect to patent misuse cannot be whether the free market competition has been curtailed in a manner that is âunfair,â but rather whether public policy forbids the patent owner from engaging in conduct that stretches the granted patent rights beyond what has been intended.