Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Combination

1. An alliance of individuals or corporations working together to accomplish a common (usu. economic) goal. See COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE. 2. CONSPIRACY. 3. Patents. A union of elements that may be partly old and partly new. ( The term encompasses not only a combination of mechanical elements but also a combination of substances in a composition claim or steps in a process claim. 4. STRADDLE.

business combination

1.The consolidation, for accounting purposes, of a corporation and one or more incorporated or unincorporated businesses. 2. The two entities considered as one entity for accounting purposes.

combination in restraint of trade

An express or tacit agreement between two car more persons or entities designed to raise prices, reduce output, or create a monopoly. combination patent. See PATENT (3).

combination patent

A patent granted for an invention that unites existing components in a novel way.