patent infringement

patent infringement
The unauthorized making, using or selling of an invention covered by a valid claim of a patent during the term or extended term of the patent. Durango Associates, Inc. v. Reflange, Inc., S.D.Tex., 629 F.Supp. 1443, 1459.
See 35 U.S.C.A. No. 271.
Liability also exists for actively inducing infringement and for contributory infringement. 35 U.S.C.A. No. 271(b), (c).
See also infringement

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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