Defensive patent aquisition
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Defensive patenting is acquiring patents so that you can retaliate by counter-threatening anyone that threatens you. These patents are thus not serving any purpose and are costing businesses a lot of money. A 1999 study in Japan found that 80.5% of patent applications were for defensive purposes.[1]
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[edit] Limitations to effectiveness
- Expensive.
- Doesn't work at all against patent trolls.
- Can lead to an "arms race" which can only be won if you have a similar sized patent portfolio as your opponent.
[edit] Arms race - a useless expense
The comparison to an expensive arms race has been has been raised by many, including in the case Aerotel v. Telco (2006, UK):
An arms race in which the weapons are patents has set in. The race has naturally spread worldwide[...]
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
[edit] External links
- Red Hat begins applying for defensive patents, March 16th 2009
[edit] References
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