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(The patents used in a patent ambush are often called "submarine patents") | (The patents used in a patent ambush are often called "submarine patents") | ||
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* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070823/eu-rambus-patent-ambush/ EU Accuses Rambus of 'Patent Ambush'], August 2007 | * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070823/eu-rambus-patent-ambush/ EU Accuses Rambus of 'Patent Ambush'], August 2007 | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_ambush Wikipedia: Patent ambush] (and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent Submarine patents]) | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_ambush Wikipedia: Patent ambush] (and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent Submarine patents]) | ||
+ | * [http://perens.com/Articles/PatentFarming.html The Problem of Software Patents in Standards] | ||
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Revision as of 22:14, 26 March 2010
Patent ambush is where a patent holder waits until a technology becomes popular, or until a company because rich, before launching an unexpected patent suit.
(The patents used in a patent ambush are often called "submarine patents")