Sentences with phrase «defensive purposes»

But it can keep patents out of the hands of trolls and promote a culture of holding patents for defensive purposes only.

But they can keep patents out of the hands of trolls and promote a culture of holding patents for defensive purposes only.

We hope it does — in fact we would like to see companies broadly commit to holding their patent portfolios for defensive purposes only.

For instance your shield (heavily featured in Souls games) has been replaced with an offhand gun, used for defensive purposes while promoting a more fast - paced combat system.

A gradual reduction in selfish behavior in the United States would invigorate our democracy, head us in the direction of reduced population, improve our environment and health, improve our overall quality of life while reducing the disparity, reduce warfare to strictly defensive purposes, and allow the United States to truly serve as the beacon for the world.

The general idea is to promote licensing arrangements that support the development of patent portfolios for defensive purposes while reducing the likelihood of patents falling into the hands of patent assertion entities (aka patent trolls, the companies that don't make products but instead buy patents to launch lawsuits).

The IPA - pioneered by Twitter in 2012 - BitGo added, stipulates that patents must be used for defensive purposes only, «meaning that patents awarded to employees can not be used in offensive litigation without permission from the investors themselves».

The DH spot is open enough, as Moreland / Ramirez could split first base duties to keep Hanley fresh and keep Moreland around for defensive purposes and situations where his bat will work best.

«I'm a little uncomfortable with Google cooperating this closely with the nation's largest intelligence agency, even if it's strictly for defensive purposes.»

They come with licensing terms that prevent the new startup owners from invoking them against certain companies and, more broadly, a patent can only be used for defensive purposes — otherwise the startup will have to give it back to Google.

It wasn't as brilliant as... Look, we do not make moves for defensive purposes.

The Funds may make short - term investments, without limitation, for defensive purposes, which investments may provide lower returns than other types of investments.

The fund may invest in «cash, or cash equivalents, for temporary defensive purposes or depending on market conditions, if we believe it will help protect the Portfolio from potential losses...» Material shifts in fund holdings to cash at the right times for defensive purposes should substantially reduce portfolio beta when the market declines.

When Americans who are respectful of tradition speak of religion as a synonym for theism, they limit their use of the First Amendment to defensive purposes only.

You can argue a defensive purpose all you want but this is easily reduced to their purpose being death, or the threat of death.

We compact our souls; we pour ourselves into jobs and projects — but with a defensive purpose.

the 4 -4-2 is just what arsenal need at the moment, for defensive purpose, to continue building confidence, all incorporate coquelin and hayden as the defensive pair

The janmark line is 2A in that it's our second line for offense whereas the faksa line is our second line for defensive purposes.

And you're right, I do believe Covington is a grinder and even more so when he decides to utilize his wrestling which he didn't do much in the Maia fight, except for defensive purposes.

No defensive purpose, Ramsey was acting like he was a striker and neither of them could dictate play from deep.

So the important takeaway from this is that both India and Pakistan developed their nukes for defensive purposes, with support from great powers trying to balance against each other for influence in the region.

The second bit is the sticky bit, but the standing interpretation seems to be that there is a difference between a military force for defensive purposes and one for offensive purposes.

Even though NATO policymakers view Russia's military buildup as aggressive posturing, Kremlin policymakers have insisted that Russia has expanded its military capabilities for defensive purposes.

So Ellis decided to broaden her study to include all bioluminescent marine animals that have related species that use the trait for both defensive purposes and mating displays.

By comparing the numbers of species of ostracods that have evolved bioluminescence for either mating displays or defensive purposes to related species without bioluminescence, Ellis realized she could gain very useful evidence to support or refute the theory of sexual selection as a driver of species diversification.

Our side does research biological weapons — but only for defensive purposes.

It's mightily impressive, regardless, especially given the Navy's intent to equip guided - missile destroyers and cruisers with the railguns — if only for defensive purposes.

In addition, the Fund can own up to 30 % fixed income securities and is able to use cash tactically for defensive purposes.

The strategy will at times include the holding of cash or cash equivalents for defensive purposes.

Of course, the companies were bought to create new moats too, so in that sense they served two purposes (i.e., the acquisitions served both offensive and defensive purposes for Facebook).

The Roman town of Ocuri mainly had a defensive purpose around 200 CE.

What would make this entertaining even for folks that aren't fans of the genre is that you don't just click and point to who your going to attack, you have to move your army and strategically place them in the right areas, either for offensive or defensive purposes.

What makes Bleed's implementation of Bullet Time different, besides the fact that you're using Bullet Time in an 8 - bit side - scrolling shooter, is that it's used here for defensive purposes and strategic movement more than anything else.

The gameplay is interesting for a tennis game, rackets have health bars and characters can perform special moves for offensive and defensive purposes.

This bar, called the Breakthrough bar, will give players the ability to completely cancel out of an attack for defensive purposes or to create custom combo attacks!

But it can take on the shape of up to 15 different sea creatures, largely for defensive purposes.

Taking an inventory serves a defensive purpose, exposing what needs to be preserved and collected to provide iron - clad protections against spoliation claims.

The explosion in software patents has also led to a patent arms race, in which companies acquire broad patents for defensive purposes.

patent for defensive purposes.

Under the IPA, when a developer assigns a patent to Twitter, the company promises that it will only use the patent for defensive purposes.

For instance, Twitter announced its Innovator's Patent Agreement (IPA), which says that if you assign your patent to Twitter, Twitter promises it won't use that patent to sue anyone, except for defensive purposes.