Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

as to

English answer:

about, relating to

Added to glossary by ErichEko ⟹⭐
May 22, 2020 00:12
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English term

as to which

English Law/Patents Law (general) Confidential Info Disclosure
The context: You are not authorized to provide disclosures as to which the First Party may assert protection under this clause.

"You are" not allowed to disclose anything that can be protected by the FP? Any other way to read or interpret this line?
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about, relating to

Replace "as to" with "about". Then the sentence becomes "You are not authorized to provide disclosures 'about' which (talking about the Disclosure) the First Party may assert protection under this clause."

It means you are not permitted to disclose (something which is supposed to be hidden). If you do disclose, then the First Party (buyer or seller) may claim protection under this specific clause.
Example sentence:

He was uncertain as to which road to take

Peer comment(s):

agree AbduNasser Rehan
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agree Mark Robertson
6 hrs
agree AllegroTrans
12 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Saiful, many thanks! Lydia, Daryo, and Rocsana: thank you; and also that give agrees."
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that might allow/permit

You are not authorized to provide disclosures that might allow the First Party to assert protection under this clause.
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rephrase to make it clearer // in respect of which / regarding which

You are not authorized to provide disclosures as to which the First Party may assert protection under this clause
=
the First Party is protected from some disclosures specified in this clause (= may assert their right to protection from those disclosures), and [as a consequence of that] you are not authorized to provide those disclosures


or to keep the same sentence structure

disclosures as to which the First Party may assert protection under this clause
=
disclosures in respect of which the First Party may assert protection under this clause
=
disclosures regarding which the First Party may assert protection under this clause
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as those on which

I interpret like this: you're not allowed to disclose anything that could incite the First Party to ask for protection under this clause.
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