Meaning of takesy backsies | Babel Free

Examples

“Hey! I said "no rationalizations". Called it! No takesy backsies...”

“LISTEN. THIS IS CRAZY. BUT I… …I WANT TO ACCEPT YOUR OFFER. LET ME STUDY AT YOUR SIDE. PROVE MYSELF…WORTHY. SO I CAN HELP YOU FIGHT. / NO TAKESY BACKSIES.”

“Yes, that's very mature. You said something irrelevant, but I was "wrong". What's next--no takesy backsies?”

“The position following Edwards v Cook [2009] FSR 27 is this: When an applicant claims priority from a patent filed by a third party they must, at the time of their patent filing, own the substantive right to make that priority claim. The red tape comes in partly because nobody except patent lawyers cares about this right, but significantly also because there’s no takesy backsies: you can’t make good on it afterwards by subsequently acquiring the rights. Either you have the substantive right at the relevant date, or you’ve lost the priority claim.”

““I’m sorry I made you cry. Pretend I didn’t propose to you.” / He tried to snap the ring box close, but she grabbed it. / “There is no takesy backsies.””

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