An intellectual property infringement is the infringement or violation of an intellectual property right. There are several types of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Therefore, an intellectual property infringement may for instance be a
- Copyright infringement
- Patent infringement
- Trademark 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
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—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic, also.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”
—William Pitt, The Younger (1759–1806)