"patent thicket" meaning in All languages combined

See patent thicket on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: patent thickets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} patent thicket (plural patent thickets)
  1. (law) A group of patents in a field of technology which collectively impede a party from commercializing its own patents or products in that field. Wikipedia link: patent thicket Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-patent_thicket-en-noun-ZbDbDNdP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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