Atteintes aux investissements

English translation: Investments undermined

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French term or phrase:	Atteintes aux investissements
English translation:	Investments undermined
Entered by:	Mary Lalevee

16:42 Nov 7, 2012

French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright / Copyright

French term or phrase: Atteintes aux investissements

I'm getting tired and need some help.

Context is a company claiming another has infringed its copyright over a design. It is claiming that the other company unduly profited from the investments it made in design etc.

I can't think of how to translate "atteinte" here. "Undermining the investments"?

Atteintes aux investissements exposés par la société XXXX

Afin de rester compétitive et attractive dans le secteur du textile et de la mode, la société XXXX fait preuve de la plus grande créativité et originalité pour pouvoir dynamiser ses ventes.

Elle dispose d’un bureau de style interne générant des investissements coûteux lui permettant de proposer à sa clientèle des créations originales.

Elle engage également des frais afin de promouvoir ses collections auprès de sa clientèle tant en France qu’à l’étranger, notamment dans le cadre de salons professionnels.

Les actes de contrefaçon commis par les sociétés YYYY et ZZZZ ont indéniablement diminué la portée de ces investissements et ont nécessairement porté atteinte aux résultats que la société XXXX était en droit d’en attendre.

A cet égard, la société XXXX est bien fondée à solliciter la condamnation de la société défenderesse à lui verser, la somme de 20.000 euros de dommages et intérêt au titre de l’atteinte portée à ses investissements.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Mary

Mary Lalevee KudoZ activity Questions: 973 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (54 closed without grading) Answers: 307 United Kingdom
Local time: 12:16

Investments undermined

Explanation:
[trying this a second time, now hopefully on the right track]

I think the term to parse is "porter atteinte à," even though only the "atteinte" part is in the title.

porter atteinte à : detract, impair
http://dictionnaire.sensagent.com/porter atteinte à/fr-en/

porter atteinte à : to strike a blow at, to undermine
http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/atteinte

Also,, for porter atteinte aux investissements:
On the contrary, the relaxation of IP could undermine investments in such innovative products [...]
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/128252320/Review-of-Intellectual... [see page 9]

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For "Atteintes aux investissements exposés par la société XXXX," perhaps "Investments undermined, alleges XXXX"

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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2012-11-09 03:38:36 GMT)
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Oops, forgot to end italics. :o

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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2012-11-09 03:38:52 GMT)
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cc in nyc
Local time: 07:16

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Thanks so much for your all help on this.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

two suggestions

philgoddard

3 +1

material harm done to its investments

Ladda McLaren

Investments undermined

cc in nyc

4 -1

Impairment of investments

Salih YILDIRIM

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

material harm done to its investments

Explanation:
Just a suggestion, as it also seems to be appropriate in the context in which it appears just above, "porte atteinte aux resultats", "materially harmed financial results/revenues". So the expression could be something like: "20,000 euros in damages arising from the material harm done to its investments".

Ladda McLaren
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of:

Croatian,

English

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

two suggestions

Explanation:
i quite like the phraseology you used in your question, "unduly profiting from the company's investment".

Alternatively, you could move away from the idea of investment and say "devaluation of the company's brand". After all, your brand is what you've invested in building a reputation.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23

1 day 1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Impairment of investments

Explanation:
Imho

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 07:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish

8 hrs confidence:

Investments undermined

cc in nyc
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

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Thanks so much for your all help on this.

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