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Reverse engineering

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004311

The process of deconstructing a product or system to understand its design, architecture, or components. In intellectual property law, it involves analyzing a competitor's product to discover its underlying principles or methods. This practice is generally permissible unless it violates a valid patent, copyright, or trade secret agreement.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004311
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004311",
  "term": "Reverse engineering",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The process of deconstructing a product or system to understand its design, architecture, or components. In intellectual property law, it involves analyzing a competitor's product to discover its underlying principles or methods. This practice is generally permissible unless it violates a valid patent, copyright, or trade secret agreement.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/reverse-engineering/"
}

Record 4,376 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.