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infringement

[in-frinj-muhnt]

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noun

a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.

an act of infringing.

Origin:
1585–95; infringe + -ment

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But the federal copyright law allows suits claiming copyright infringement only after works are registered.

Colleges need to be more vigilant about plagiarism's cousin, copyright infringement.

But in the infringement cases the lobby has hijacked the political process and had the rules rigged.

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But the federal copyright law allows suits claiming copyright infringement only after works are registered.

Colleges need to be more vigilant about plagiarism's cousin, copyright infringement.

But in the infringement cases the lobby has hijacked the political process and had the rules rigged.

Not all of the patent infringement suits were without merit.

What's more, it's not the first time a tattoo artist has wanted to cash in on infringement allegations.

GE was found liable for infringement last week after a three-week trial.

He is suing the two giant enterprises for copyright infringement.

Some think it will still be too easy and potentially lucrative to bring lawsuits for patent infringement.

To deny government funding for experimenting on stem cells for purely religious reasons is an infringement of this concept.

Essentially, this does what used to be considered impossible: enabling copyright holders to profit from copyright infringement.

Viswanathan knew about copyright infringement and plagiarism while she was writing.

As a result, jurors proved reluctant to condemn the doctor, despite his clear infringement of the law.

Species cannot be protected from evolutionary pressures, in this case, humans infringement into their territory.

Generally, an innocent infringer is someone who does not know she or he is committing copyright infringement.

The case hinges on whether judges should issue an injunction as a matter of course in cases of patent infringement.

Theoretically they could end up in jail, but they are not accused of committing copyright infringement.

However to tap phones of ordinary citizens is a serious infringement of their privacies and fundamental rights.

The copyright infringement claims in that case were never even litigated.

Cases lost typically involve infringement of property rights or maladministration.

They fear such an infringement on economic freedoms will cast doubt on their commitment to market-friendly policies.

That's an infringement on freedom of contract, full stop.

Most juries find that infringement is unintentional.

Wonder why no one is commenting on all the copyright infringement going on.

If not, a retrial could be held on the patent infringement claims with a new jury.

The company sued its leading commercial rival for patent infringement based on the patent and won in federal court.

Open source and piracy/copyright infringement have nothing to do with one another.

But it's not the first time a tattoo artist has wanted to cash in on infringement allegations.

It's also, by any reading of the law, a vast criminal enterprise engaged in wholesale copyright infringement.

It is an infringement that in many respects make sense.

The new ease of infringement and difficulty of enforcement bring us inexorably to the conclusion that copyright is dead.

When it comes to the art world, infringement is in the eye of the beholder.

Instead of seeing its marketing and sales power, they sued for copyright infringement and won.

They seem to see bussing plans as an infringement on their liberty.

They do not consider the firearm requirement to be an infringement on their liberty.

So for libertarians additional regulations are always a source of friction and an infringement on liberty.

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infringe (ɪnˈfrɪndʒ)

—vb
1.	(tr) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
2.	(intr; foll by on or upon) to encroach or trespass

[C16: from Latin infringere to break off, from frangere to break]

in'fringement

—n

in'fringer

—n

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