The phrase "asserting patent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to legal discussions, intellectual property, or patent law when referring to the act of claiming or stating ownership of a patent.
Example: "The company is asserting patent rights to protect its innovative technology from infringement."
Alternatives: "claiming patent" or "enforcing patent rights".
While the recent blockbuster patent deals may make sense for the companies, analysts say, they are fed largely by legal considerations — asserting patent claims or defending against claims — rather than economic ones.
"While we are asserting patent claims of our own, we do so in response to Yahoo's short-sighted decision to attack one of its partners and prioritize litigation over innovation".
For instance, infamous patent troll Intellectual Ventures has 1,000 companies asserting patent rights*.
Intellectual Ventures, for instance, has 1,000 shell companies asserting patent rights, and has admitted the tactic is to avoid judicial review.
While we are asserting patent claims of our own, we do so in response to Yahoo's short-sighted decision to attack one of its partners and prioritize litigation over innovation".
These organizations are frequently criticized for buying up and asserting patent rights through frivolous infringement claims in the hopes of recovering hefty legal settlements from those they attack.
Patent trolls are companies that derive all or almost all of their revenue by asserting patents against other companies.
Seeing a chance for additional revenue, Rambus, threw down the gauntlet by asserting patents on an alternative to Rambus' technology known as Double Data Rate DRAM, and on the older standard memory known as synchronous DRAM.
"The sad result of patent trolls is that they stifle innovation by asserting patents (often of dubious quality) against companies who cannot afford to fight back or take a license, leaving those companies in many instances to shut down operations or cease providing their innovations," she added.
Small companies asserting patents can get help from lawyers on a contingency basis, but small companies lack the resources to evaluate, let alone defend against patent assertions.
By contrast, when IBM sought to impress the world with its patent portfolio, it at least picked on Amazon -- a company able to defend itself and with a reputation for asserting patents aggressively.
