The defensive patent strategy is the key to break down the technological monopoly of competitors.

防御型专利战略是打破竞争对手技术垄断的关键。

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Only with these defensive measures in the patent protection, knowledge of traditional medicine and bioresourse can not be protected from being uncompensated use.

仅靠这些专利上的防御措施也不能避免传统药物知识和生物资源被一些国家无偿占用。

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Companies have also learned to work cooperatively to achieve their strategic IP goals by leveraging defensive patent pools, covenants not to sue, and creative cross-licensing models.

FORBES: State of the Intellectual Property (IP) Union

This sounds like Facebook is planning on using the patent as a defensive move, to protect against lawsuits from other patent-holders.

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Such a patent was usually intended to be used as a defensive shield and only asserted (or threatened to be asserted) if another party made the first move.

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