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'''Patent ambush''' is where a patent holder waits until a technology becomes popular, or until a company becomes 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). | '''Patent ambush''' is where a patent holder waits until a technology becomes popular, or until a company becomes 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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* [[Harm to standards]] | * [[Harm to standards]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:46, 12 July 2010
Patent ambush is where a patent holder waits until a technology becomes popular, or until a company becomes 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).
This problem exists in all patentable domains but it is particularly unjust in the case of software because the use of software is essential to almost every company, and distribution and development of software is very common (keeping in mind that developing a website is software development).
