patent ambushes

A form of patent ambush — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of patent ambush.
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