Human Rights Watch asserted that the company's aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions infringed on its workers' rights.
»The standards for determining whether a patent has been willfully infringed upon have become stricter.
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infringe upon sth — UK US infringe on/upon sth Phrasal Verb with infringe({{}}/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/ verb [T] FORMAL LAW ► to take away or limit the rights or freedom of someone: »Human Rights Watch asserted that the company s aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions… … Financial and business terms
infringe on/upon sth — UK US infringe on/upon sth Phrasal Verb with infringe({{}}/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/ verb [T] FORMAL LAW ► to take away or limit the rights or freedom of someone: »Human Rights Watch asserted that the company s aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions… … Financial and business terms
infringe — in|fringe [ınˈfrındʒ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: infringere, from frangere to break ] to do something that is against a law or someone s legal rights ▪ A backup copy of a computer program does not infringe copyright.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
infringe — verb (T) to do something that is against a law or someone s legal rights: Increasing care must be taken not to infringe copyright. infringement noun (C, U): a minor infringement of the rules infringe on/upon sth phrasal verb (T) to limit someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
infringement — infringe in‧fringe [ɪnˈfrɪndʒ] also infringe on verb [transitive] to do something that is against a law or someone s legal rights: • There was no evidence that Apple s work was infringing Xerox copyrights. • We ll be watching closely to see… … Financial and business terms
article — noun 1 piece of writing ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant, excellent, fascinating, good, great, informative, insightful, interesting, must read (informal, esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
right — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 what is morally good PREPOSITION ▪ in the right (= having justice and truth on your side) ▪ There s no doubt that he s in the right on this. PHRASES ▪ have right on your side (esp. BrE) … Collocations dictionary
deem — [di:m] v [T not in progressive] formal [: Old English; Origin: deman] to think of something in a particular way or as having a particular quality = ↑consider deem that ▪ They deemed that he was no longer capable of managing the business. deem sth … Dictionary of contemporary English
copyright — a type of property right which protects the expression of ideas such as literary or dramatic works, television productions, drawings etc., from being used for commercial gain without permission of the copyright owner. Registration is not a… … Financial and business terms
code — noun 1 system of letters, etc. for secret information ADJECTIVE ▪ secret ▪ Morse VERB + CODE ▪ break, crack, decipher ▪ … Collocations dictionary
