infringed

American  

[in-frinjd] / ɪnˈfrɪndʒd /

adjective

1. violated, transgressed, or encroached upon, as a regulation, restriction, or right.

   The costs of enforcing an infringed patent can be exceedingly high.

   He complained that CCTV was an ever more common security measure for which we all pay the price of infringed privacy.

2. illegally copied, distributed, or sold, as in contravention of a copyright or patent.

   A judge dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the allegedly infringed material lacked the requisite originality.

3. relating to or being someone whose copyright, patent, etc., has been violated.

   When awarding damages, it must be considered how wealthy the infringed company could have been without the infringement.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of infringe.

Other Word Forms

• uninfringed adjective

Etymology

Origin of infringed

First recorded in 1590–1600; 1955–60 infringed for def. 2; infringe + -ed ² for the adjective senses; infringe + -ed ¹ for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Disney and Universal Pictures have also sued AI company Midjourney alleging that its image generator infringed on its copyrighted characters from franchises such as “Star Wars” and “Despicable Me.”

From Los Angeles Times

“There can be no lighter topics when human rights are being infringed upon.”

From Literature

Last year, an Australian court overturned an earlier ruling that US pop star Katy Perry infringed on the trademark of Australian designer Katie Perry.

From BBC

A German court ruled Tuesday that OpenAI has infringed copyright law by using song lyrics to feed its chat models in a case that could have wide implications for European artists.

From Barron's

In June, Disney and Comcast’s Universal Pictures sued AI company Midjourney, alleging that its image generator infringed on its copyrighted characters from franchises such as “Star Wars” and “Despicable Me.”

From Los Angeles Times