reverse infringement (English, noun)
expansion: reverse infringement (countable and uncountable, plural reverse infringements)
Senses:
topics: intellectual-property
law
patent-law
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: reverse infringements
tags: plural