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patent infringement  

Definition

  • A patent is a legal protection for any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, manufactured object, or composition of matter (chemical) or any new and useful improvements to them. Potentially, almost anything made by human beings is patentable subject matter. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Patent Infringement]

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