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Wilful infringement

Revision as of 08:21, 19 August 2009 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) ('''Wilful infringement''' is when a developer knows that an idea is patented, and proceeds to use that idea without having gotten permission.)
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Wilful infringement is when a developer knows that an idea is patented, and proceeds to use that idea without having gotten permission.

This concept may have other names, or may not exist, in various jurisdictions, but it exists in the European Union, and "the willful infringement doctrine" exists in the USA.

Cases of wilful infringement