Patent Thickets

In general the term “patent thicket” describes a situation where a product involves a web of patents that are owned by a number of different patentees so that a company which wants to commercialize the product is required to “clear” all the patents involved. This phenomenon is well-known in complex technologies, such as information and communication technologies, and in technical fields where a number of companies compete at the same level so that a fragmentation of patent...

Patent infringement

infringement constitute of illegal manufacturing, using or even offering for a sale or selling any patented invention within the country or its territories without proper license, or importing it into the country of any patented invention during the term of the patent protection.   Protection against Infringement may vary from country to country, as the patent is examined voluntarily by the patent office established in each country or region and may have some difference...