when another party makes, uses, sells, offers for sale, or imports a patented invention without the permission of the patent owner Infringement can occur with or without the accused's knowledge of the patent
Violation of intellectual property rights, such as unauthorized use of a patent, copyright, trade-mark, industrial design or integrated circuit topography Often also includes a misappropriation of a trade secret or confidential information A successful infringement claim against you can result in the payment of damages and an injunction preventing you from your infringing use of intellectual property
infringement occurs when a person does with a copyright work anything that is defined as an exclusive right of a copyright owner that isn't a fair dealing, that is undertaken without the protection of the statutory educational use licences, or is undertaken in the absence of explicit permission from copyright owners