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Vicarious infringement

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005161

A form of secondary liability for copyright or patent infringement where a party has the right and ability to supervise the infringing activity and derives a direct financial benefit from it. The party does not need to have direct knowledge of the infringement. This doctrine holds those who profit from and control infringing acts responsible.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005161
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005161",
  "term": "Vicarious infringement",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A form of secondary liability for copyright or patent infringement where a party has the right and ability to supervise the infringing activity and derives a direct financial benefit from it. The party does not need to have direct knowledge of the infringement. This doctrine holds those who profit from and control infringing acts responsible.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/vicarious-infringement/"
}

Record 5,290 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.