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Antragsgegner(in)

English translation: opponent (Antragsgegner), as opposed to petitioner (Antragsteller)

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German term or phrase:Antragsgegner(in)
English translation:opponent (Antragsgegner), as opposed to petitioner (Antragsteller)
Entered by: David Wallace

23:30 Apr 22, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
German term or phrase: Antragsgegner(in)
Respondent (from glossary) doesn't sound right (at least in American English).
Here is the context:
Die Antragstellerin beantragt, den Beschluss zu bestätigen.
Die Antragsgegnerin beantragt, den Beschluss zurückzuweisen.

Antragstellerin = claimant (glossary)
Antragsgegnerin = respondent (glossary)

Are these terms interchangeable with plaintiff and defendant (Kläger und Beklagter)?
Thanks!
David Wallace
United States
Local time: 19:09
petitioner (Antragsteller) and opponent (Antragsgegner)
Explanation:
according to the Dictionary of Patent Terms (Klaften/Wittmann/Klos). As Kim says, "adverse party" is also a possibility for "Antragsgegner", but if your text relates to a patent dispute I would not use "applicant" for "Antragsteller", which is also given in the above dictionary.
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Edward L. Crosby III
Local time: 16:09
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Thank you very much!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Opponent
David Moore (X)
4 +1petitioner (Antragsteller) and opponent (Antragsgegner)
Edward L. Crosby III
3 +1adverse party
Kim Metzger
3conter-claimant
Narasimhan Raghavan


Discussion entries: 4





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
adverse party


Explanation:
One possibility.

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-04-22 23:36:45 GMT)
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Antragssteller could be applicant, petitioner, petioning party


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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 180

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward L. Crosby III: If it's a dispute, I'd use "petitioner". Your "adverse party" confirmed in Klaften/Wittmann/Klos (see my note).
10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
conter-claimant


Explanation:
See: PDF] United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Nos. 95-3377 to ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Woodman, Seaman Apprentice, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED
STATES of America, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant-Cross ...
www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/19953377.OPA.pdf - Similar pages

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 04:39
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 3
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Opponent


Explanation:
If you feed google with '"Patent law"; dispute; applicant; opponent', you will be offered 386 hits; I'm not going to claim they are all jake, but a good number of them look very convincing. OTOH, you can replace the "opponent" with "counter-claimant" etc., and see what is offered.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward L. Crosby III: Guess I was typing when you posted.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
petitioner (Antragsteller) and opponent (Antragsgegner)


Explanation:
according to the Dictionary of Patent Terms (Klaften/Wittmann/Klos). As Kim says, "adverse party" is also a possibility for "Antragsgegner", but if your text relates to a patent dispute I would not use "applicant" for "Antragsteller", which is also given in the above dictionary.

Edward L. Crosby III
Local time: 16:09
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KirstyMacC (X): Appicant for patents.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Counsel. I'm assuming that patent law is the issue here, but maybe that's not correct.
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