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Patent thicket

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA group of patents in a field of technology which collectively impede a party from commercializing its own patents or products in that field.

Synonyms

blocking patent patent pool patent patentese opposition land patent patentee inurement intellectual property spider in the web doctrine copyright troll prosecution history estoppel

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