Patent war
Battle to secure patents for litigation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A patent war is a "battle" between corporations or individuals to secure patents for litigation, whether offensively or defensively. There are ongoing patent wars between the world's largest technology and software corporations. Contemporary patent wars are a global phenomenon, fought by multinational corporations based in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.[1][2][3] Patent wars have occurred in a wide range of technologies, both in the past and in the present.