protective letters

A form of protective letter — A letter filed by with a court by some party, explaining that they are not infringing a specific patent or they consider the patent invalid, in an attempt to prevent the court from granting any ex parte preliminary injunction to the patentee.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of protective letter.
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