Infringement refers to the violation of a law or a right. Infringement may refer to: *

Infringement procedure The European Court of Justice (ECJ), officially the Court of Justice (), is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is tasked with interpreting EU ...

, a European Court of

Justice In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...

procedure to determine whether a Member State has fulfilled its obligations under Union law *

Intellectual property infringement An intellectual property (IP) infringement is the infringement or violation of an intellectual property right. There are several types of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, plant breeders ri ...

, violating an owner's exclusive rights to intangible assets such as musical, literary, or artistic works **

Copyright infringement Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of Copyright#Scope, works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the c ...

, the use of works under copyright, including reproducing, distributing, displaying, or performing the copyrighted work without permission **

Patent infringement A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

, using or selling a patented invention without permission from the patent holder, typically for commercial purposes **

Trademark infringement Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attached to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the licence). Infringement may occ ...

, a violation of the exclusive rights attaching to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or licensees * Secondary infringement, when a party contributes to or is responsible for infringing acts carried out by another party *

Summary offence A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence). Canada In Canada, summary offe ...

or infraction, a crime that can be proceeded against without a jury trial and/or indictment in some jurisdictions

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