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Patent litigation organisations
Revision as of 19:17, 28 May 2012 by Ciaran (talk | contribs) (moved Patent cartel to Patent litigation organisations: seems more or less right)
When patent holders form an organisation to enforce their patents collectively on a field, this could be called a patent cartel.
There also exists "nice" patent collectivities, who's aim is to reduce patent aggression. These are usually called defensive patent pools.
Examples
- MPEG-LA: the cartel formed around a thicket of MPEG video formats
- Sipro: G.729, G.722, and G.723.1
Allied Security Trust has been called a cartel in a few articles, but without any aggressive behaviour the name doesn't fit.
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