English Dictionary

patent pool

名詞

(law) A consortium of companies which agree to crosslicense patents relating to a particular technology, often to avoid the problem of blocking patents.

日本語の意味

（法）特定の技術に関連する特許を、相互にライセンスし合うことで特許のブロック問題を回避するために、複数の企業が合同で設立するコンソーシアム

To speed innovation and avoid blocking patents, several firms formed a patent pool to share essential technology rights.

イノベーションを促進し、特許による差し止めを避けるため、複数の企業が特定技術に関する特許を相互に許諾する企業連合（特許プール）を結成して重要な技術権利を共有しました。

意味（1）

(law) A consortium of companies which agree to crosslicense patents relating to a particular technology, often to avoid the problem of blocking patents.

A patent pool is an arrangement in which patents of different firms that are relevant to a certain standard or technology are licensed as a package, and the resulting royalties are distributed among those firms (called the licensors).

patent pools （ plural ）