特とっ許きょ群ぐん

noun

patent thicket; patent cluster

Technical term in intellectual property law referring to a dense web of overlapping patents held by different entities, making it difficult to commercialize a new product without licensing many patents.

• スマートフォン業ぎょう界かいでは特とっ許きょ群ぐんが問もん題だいになっている。

  Patent thickets are a problem in the smartphone industry.

• 新しん技ぎ術じゅつの開かい発はつには特とっ許きょ群ぐんを回かい避ひする必ひつ要ようがある。

  Developing new technology requires navigating around patent thickets.