balancing test
- A legal approach where different rights, interests, or policies are weighed based on their level of importance, and the court's decision is influenced by which holds more weight
- In the patent dispute, the court used a balancing test to weigh the inventor's right to their invention versus public access to technological progress.
- The judge applied the balancing test to assess if the public interest in having the information made public was greater than the individual's right to privacy.
- In the copyright infringement case, the use of a balancing test helped determine if the educational benefit outweighed the potential harm to the content creator.
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