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patent ambush

patent ambush noun: the situation in which a member of a standard-setting organization, while participating in the development of a standard, withholds information about their current or intended patent, and subsequently asserts that it is infringed by use of the new standard.

Noun

patent ambush (plural patent ambushes)

  1. The situation in which a member of a standard-setting organization, while participating in the development of a standard, withholds information about their current or intended patent, and subsequently asserts that it is infringed by use of the new standard.

Forms of patent ambush

pluralpatent ambushes

Questions about patent ambush

What does patent ambush mean?
Patent ambush means the situation in which a member of a standard-setting organization, while participating in the development of a standard, withholds information about their current or intended patent, and subsequently asserts that it is infringed by use of the new standard.
What part of speech is patent ambush?
Patent ambush is a noun.
What is the plural of patent ambush?
The plural of patent ambush is patent ambushes.

Words near patent ambush in the dictionary

  1. Patenaudes
  2. patencies
  3. patency
  4. patens
  5. patent
  6. patent ambush
  7. patent ambushes
  8. patent fuel
  9. patent fuels
  10. patent hammer
  11. patent hammers

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