reverse infringement
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A situation where a prior disclosure (such as prior art) anticipates a claimed invention, effectively rendering the prior art an infringement of the patent if the patent were valid.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "His Honour held that the test of anticipation or want of novelty was that of reverse infringement and the guidelines in Hill v. Evans."
- "An effective way of securing the right to work is to test the invention which is the subject of a patent application by comparing the invention and the prior art and asking whether the invention would 'infringe' the prior art - a test of reverse infringement."
- "The failure to comply with the European procurement law would most likely lead to fines and proceedings to reverse infringements."