infringement
Crossing legal boundaries
Infringement is a violation or breach of a law, agreement, or right.
The word appears most often in legal contexts: patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement.
To infringe is to encroach on someone's rights or territory: The new law infringes on free speech.
An infringement of the rules in sports is a foul or violation.
Breaking of rules
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- infractionMinor rule breach
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
encroachment · overstepping · intrusion · incursion · interference · invasion · penetration · disruption
Unauthorized entry onto property
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- landEarth's solid surface
- propertySomething owned or inherent
overstep · intrude · usurp · impinge · overreach · invade · easement · setback
Seaborne theft or bootlegging
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- DMCADigital copyright protection law
takedown · fair use · derivative work · licensing · intellectual property · royalties · attribution · public domain
Legal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- damagesCompensation for injury
tort · lawsuit · judgment · compliance · statute · regulation · verdict · prosecution
Reduction in concentration
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- knockoffUnauthorized replica product
- brandCompany's product line name
- logoCompany identifying symbol
passing off · genericization · cease and desist · registration · distinctiveness
Freedom from observation
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
due process · human rights · autonomy · expression · speech · discrimination · protection · access
Statements of truth
- prior artPre-existing technical knowledge
- design patentExclusive rights for appearance
- licensingGranting official permission
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
exclusivity · novelty · non-obviousness · USPTO · EPO · patent troll · litigation · specification
violation
Breaking of rules
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- infractionMinor rule breach
trespass · encroachment · overstepping · intrusion · incursion · interference · invasion · penetration · disruption · break
trespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
property · overstep · intrude · usurp · impinge · overreach · invade · easement · setback · zoning
piracy
Seaborne theft or bootlegging
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
DMCA · takedown · fair use · derivative work · licensing · intellectual property · royalties · attribution · public domain · creative commons
litigation
Legal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
damages · tort · lawsuit · judgment · compliance · statute · regulation · verdict · prosecution · defense
dilution
Reduction in concentration
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
- knockoffUnauthorized replica product
- brandCompany's product line name
logo · passing off · genericization · cease and desist · registration · distinctiveness
privacy
Freedom from observation
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
freedom · due process · human rights · autonomy · expression · speech · discrimination · protection · access · ownership
claims
Statements of truth
- prior artPre-existing technical knowledge
- design patentExclusive rights for appearance
- licensingGranting official permission
royalties · exclusivity · novelty · non-obviousness · USPTO · EPO · patent troll · litigation · specification · inventor
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- breachesbreach, security breach, data breach, rupture, violation
- violationsviolation, infractions, infraction, breach, consent violation
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- Art Copyrightcopyright, artistic rights, artist rights, reproduction rights, fair use
infringementcompliance
Adhering to requirements
observance · obedience · conformity · adherence · upholding
infringementprotection
Guarding against harm
safeguarding · preservation · upholding · honoring · vindication
infringementauthorization
Formal permission granted
permission · license · sanction · consent · fair use
- copyright infringementUnauthorized use of protected works
- trademark infringementUnauthorized use of protected marks
- rights infringementViolating protected entitlements
- patent infringementUnauthorized use of protected invention