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| − | '''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. | + | '''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'''" (although this terms original meaning was only for a certain type of ambush). |
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Revision as of 22:15, 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" (although this terms original meaning was only for a certain type of ambush).
