Intellectual property infringement

Short description: Illegally breaching a monopoly on an idea

Intellectual property

* Authors' rights
* Copyright
* Database right
* Geographical indication
* Indigenous intellectual property
* Industrial design right
* Integrated circuit layout design protection
* Intellectual rights
* Moral rights
* Patent
* Plant breeders' rights
* Related rights
* Supplementary protection certificate
* Trade dress
* Trade secret
* Trademark
* Utility model

Related topics

* Abandonware
* Copyright troll
* Criticism of copyright
* Bioprospecting
* Cultural appropriation
* Idea–expression distinction
* Limitations and exceptions to copyright
* Fair dealing
* Fair use
* Paraphrasing
* Right to quote
* Orphan work
* Patent troll
* Public domain
* Outline of intellectual property
* Outline of patents

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Higher category: Property and Property law

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An intellectual property (IP) infringement is the unauthorized use, exploitation, or violation of an intellectual property right. There are several types of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, plant breeders rights and trade secrets. Therefore, an intellectual property infringement may for instance be one of the following:

* Copyright infringement, encompassing for example a software copyright infringement
* Patent infringement
* Trademark infringement
* Design infringement
* Cybersquatting
* Biopiracy

## Contents

* 1 Identifying infringement
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Identifying infringement

Techniques to detect (or deter) intellectual property infringement include:

* Fictitious entry, such as:
* Fictitious dictionary entry. An example is Esquivalience included in the New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD)
* Trap street, a fictitious street included on a map for the purpose of "trapping" potential copyright violators of the map
* Watermarking

Intellectual property laws such as trademark laws forbid the sale of infringing goods like these "McDnoald's" [sic] and "NKIE"  [sic] sandals from China.

Designing around a patent can sometimes be a way to avoid infringing it.

Some forms of intellectual property infringement involve the production or distribution of counterfeit or pirated products and services.[1] An example of a counterfeit product is if a vendor were to place a well-known logo on a piece of clothing that said company did not produce. An example of a pirated product is if an individual were to distribute unauthorized copies of a DVD for a profit of their own.[1] In such circumstances, the law has the right to punish. Companies may seek out remedies themselves, however, "Criminal sanctions are often warranted to ensure sufficient punishment and deterrence of wrongful activity".[1]

## See also

* Brand protection
* Allegations of intellectual property infringement by China
* Saisie-contrefaçon, in France
* Intellectual property analytics
* World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Criminal DivisionUS Department of Justice, Criminal Division. "REPORTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIME". A Guide for Victims of Copyright Infringement, Trademark Counterfeiting, and Trade Secret Theft Third Edition: 26. https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ccips/file/891011/download. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

## External links

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