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protective letter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A letter filed by with a court by some party, explaining that they are not infringing a specific patent or they consider the patent invalid, in an attempt to prevent the court from granting any ex parte preliminary injunction to the patentee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: intellectual-property, law, patent-law

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