Inter partes

Inter partes

The term "inter partes" is the Latin for "between the parties", [ [http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/I/Interpartes.aspx Duhaime Legal Dictionary] . Accessed July 3, 2008.] and it is the opposite of in rem.

Lawsuits where all interested parties have been served with adequate notices and are given a reasonable opportunity to attend and to be heard are referred to as "inter partes" proceedings or hearings. When a judgment is given, subject to any right of appeal, it would be inconvenient if the same issues could be endlessly relitigated by the same parties, so they are all bound by the result. However, anyone who was not a party to those proceedings and who can demonstrate a legitimate interest in reopening the issue, is entitled to petition the court for the right to be heard. However, in some circumstances, the judgment is given "in rem", i.e. it binds everyone whether they were a party to the case or not.

Contracts can also be said to be "inter partes" and various laws can be relied upon to create and vest rights which exist on an "inter partes" basis only, i.e. they do not attach as an attribute to a person's status and so become "in rem" rights.

Examples

* Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office
* Interference proceeding (US patent law)
* "Inter partes" reexamination in US patent law
* Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Petitions

See also

* "ex parte"

References


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