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pay-for-delay

pay-for-delay noun: a kind of agreement in which the patentholder pays an alleged infringer to stop the alleged infringing activity for some period of time and to stop disputing the validity of the patent.

Noun

pay-for-delay (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A kind of agreement in which the patentholder pays an alleged infringer to stop the alleged infringing activity for some period of time and to stop disputing the validity of the patent.

Questions about pay-for-delay

What does pay-for-delay mean?
Pay-for-delay means a kind of agreement in which the patentholder pays an alleged infringer to stop the alleged infringing activity for some period of time and to stop disputing the validity of the patent.
What part of speech is pay-for-delay?
Pay-for-delay is a noun.

Words near pay-for-delay in the dictionary

  1. pay-as-you-eat
  2. pay-as-you-go
  3. pay-by-wave
  4. pay-dirt
  5. pay-for
  6. pay-for-delay
  7. pay-fors
  8. pay-in slip
  9. pay-in slips
  10. pay-neutral
  11. pay-off

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