“small entity”
This page presents an official legal definition of “small entity” from a government source. Additional definitions will be added as jurisdictions publish them.
Canada
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In respect to an invention, "small entity" means an entity that employs 50 or fewer people or that is a university. This does not include an entity that:Has transferred or licensed, or is under a contractual or other legal obligation to transfer or license, any right in the invention to an entity, other than a university, that employs more than 50 employees ; orHas transferred or licensed, or is under a contractual or other legal obligation to transfer or license, any right in the invention to an entity that employs 50 or fewer employees or that is a university, and has knowledge of any subsequent transfer or license of, or of any subsisting contractual or other legal obligation to transfer or license, any right in the invention to an entity, other than a university, that employs more than 50 employees.
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