infringer
One who trespasses
An infringer is someone who violates a right, law, or agreement—most often in legal contexts involving intellectual property.
A patent infringer manufactures or sells a protected invention without authorization.
A copyright infringer reproduces protected work: The court ordered the infringer to pay damages.
The term carries formal, legal weight.
One who breaks rules
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- lawbreakerOne who commits crimes
- transgressorOne who violates rules
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
culprit · wrongdoer · pirate · plagiarist · counterfeiter · bootlegger · breach · violation
Maritime thief or bootlegger
- plagiaristOne stealing others' writing
- counterfeiterOne who fakes currency
- copierMachine reproducing documents
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
patent · trademark · copyright · royalty · licensing · unauthorized · misappropriation · derivative
Unauthorized person present
- encroacherOne who intrudes gradually
- squatterUnauthorized building inhabitant
- poacherUnlawful wildlife taker
- invaderOne who enters aggressively
infiltrator · boundary · territory · property · land · domain · overstepping · incursion
violator
One who breaks rules
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- lawbreakerOne who commits crimes
- transgressorOne who violates rules
perpetrator · culprit · wrongdoer · pirate · plagiarist · counterfeiter · bootlegger · breach · violation · defendant
pirate
Maritime thief or bootlegger
- plagiaristOne stealing others' writing
- counterfeiterOne who fakes currency
- copierMachine reproducing documents
bootlegger · patent · trademark · copyright · royalty · licensing · unauthorized · misappropriation · derivative · knockoff
intruder
Unauthorized person present
- encroacherOne who intrudes gradually
- squatterUnauthorized building inhabitant
- poacherUnlawful wildlife taker
invader · infiltrator · boundary · territory · property · land · domain · overstepping · incursion · intrusion
- rule breakersrulebreaker, transgressor, violator, offender, lawbreaker
- patent lawpatent disputes, patent holders, patent rights, prior art, patentability
- lawbreakersthief, robber, burglar, vandal, smuggler
infringerlicensee
Holder of granted rights
rights holder · permittee · franchisee · assignee · grantee
infringerrights holder
Owner of legal entitlements
patent holder · copyright holder · plaintiff · claimant · licensor
- copyright infringementUnauthorized use of protected works
- trademark infringementUnauthorized use of protected marks
- rights infringementViolating protected entitlements
- patent infringementUnauthorized use of protected invention
infringe, infringement, infringed, infringing, infringes, infringements, infringers