law infringement

  • 1infringement — in·fringe·ment n: the act or an instance of infringing; esp: the unauthorized use of copyrighted or patented material or of a trademark, trade name, or trade dress see also equivalent, fair use ◇ Infringement of a trademark, trade name, or trade… …

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  • 2infringement of trademark — Unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark (or a substantially similar mark) on competing or related goods and services. The success of a lawsuit to stop the infringement turns on whether the defendant s use causes a likelihood of confusion… …

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  • 3infringement of copyright — The unauthorized violation of a copyright owners exclusive rights in a work. Common examples include the illicit distribution of software or music, the adaptation of anothers work in one medium (such as a book or play) for use in another medium… …

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  • 4infringement of utility patent — The unauthorized manufacture, sale, or use of (a) a literal copy of a patented invention, or (b) an invention that performs substantially the same function in substantially the same manner as a patented invention. (See also: doctrine of… …

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  • 5infringement of custom — index quirk (idiosyncrasy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6Infringement — Infringement, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. In a legal context, an infringement refers to the violation of a law or a right. This includes intellectual property infringements such as: *copyright… …

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  • 7Infringement — In*fringe ment, n. 1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution. [1913 Webster] The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the… …

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  • 8patent infringement — Under the Patents Act 1977, where the patented invention is a product, it is infringed if the infringer, without the patentee s permission, makes, disposes of, offers to dispose of, uses or commercialises products embodying the invention in the… …

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  • 9copyright infringement — index plagiarism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 copyright infringement …

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  • 10infringement — infringe in‧fringe [ɪnˈfrɪndʒ] also infringe on verb [transitive] to do something that is against a law or someone s legal rights: • There was no evidence that Apple s work was infringing Xerox copyrights. • We ll be watching closely to see… …

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