There are few faster or more profitable ways to grow your business than
by licensing patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property to others.
After all, why shut down an extremely popular patent - infringing product, when you could instead perhaps get a cut of every unit sold,
by licensing your patent?
For example, in a claim for breach of a patent license, the patentee / licensor is required to prove that the licensee's product was covered
by the licensed patent.
Folks receiving these misleading demand letters sometimes settle immediately
by licensing the patents they supposedly infringe, especially when the other apparent option is to engage in a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Not exact matches
Further evidence of the decline can be seen in the decreasing rates of first - time
patents since the 1980s, as well as increases in demand for professional
licensing, which could further restrict new business opportunities
by requiring expensive (and often unnecessary) credentials.
«Apple's declarations make evident that it has sought to challenge Qualcomm's
patent licensing practices and anticompetitive conduct territory
by territory,» Curiel wrote.
InterDigital, a U.S. company that earns money
by suing and securing
licensing agreements for its
patents, was unable to find a buyer last year.
The relationship between industry and academic research programs is facilitated
by Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), which meticulously account for the ideas that have the potential to go to market and achieve
patents or
licenses.
But that quarter's numbers were boosted
by a
patent licensing deal that netted the company more than $ 1 billion, according to earnings reports, so it isn't an apples - to - apples comparison.
A federal jury in Texas found that its iTunes software infringed three
patents owned
by patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC.
While Qualcomm earns the bulk of its revenue from selling chips that power smartphones, it books most of its profit
by licensing its portfolio of thousands of cellular
patents.
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patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights of Daily Harvest or any third party, whether
by estoppel, implication or otherwise.
This latest legal maneuver marks another step in the increasingly fierce legal war being waged
by Apple and Qualcomm over
patent licensing.
It is no secret that Qualcomm's lucrative
patent licensing business has been a lightning rod for legal attacks
by Apple and antitrust regulators over the past year.
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As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled
by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks,
patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion
license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.
In many European countries,
by contrast, a company that does not itself make use of a
patent for three years must negotiate
license agreements with other companies wishing to use it.
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licensed exclusively to FutureCeuticals
by the USDA.
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This beverage features the EPA Stratospheric Award winning Microcool technology, developed,
patented, and
licensed by Joseph Company International, which is eco-friendly using CO2 reclaimed from the atmosphere, and activated carbon ascertained from a renewable vegetable source.
Antonious has made a fortune — he will not say how many millions he is worth —
by issuing
licenses on his
patents and trademarks and pursuing the companies that he believes have infringed on them.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring
by implication, estoppel or otherwise any
license or right under any
patent or trademark of the New York State Thruway Authority or any third party.
By not filing a
patent application you can inadvertently lock your university out of potentially valuable money - spinning activities, such as carving a niche in the market or negotiating lucrative
licensing deals.
The number of
patents,
licenses, and spin - off companies created
by academics is increasing.
The result caught the attention of Targacept, which
licensed mecamylamine
patents held
by the University of South Florida.
The technology has been
patented by the University of Minnesota and is
licensed to the new Minnesota - based startup company Sironix Renewables.
Congress in 1980 passed a law called the Bayh — Dole Act, designed to speed commercialization of publicly funded research
by making it easier for universities to
patent and
license their research as well as partner with for - profit companies.
In a teleconference for the media held
by UC, Doudna stressed that today's interference decision means USTPO will now move forward on her
patent application and that it «likely» will issue, potentially forcing companies that want to use CRISPR to pay
licensing fees to both Broad and UC.
The
patent is
licensed by the research foundation to the company PepGel LLC, started
by the inventors to explore commercialization opportunities in biomedical research and medical device areas.
(To be fair, Monsanto assisted
by giving the rice's developers royalty - free
licenses to use some of its
patent - protected processes, and its charitable arm has helped to support several of the independent nonprofits.)
This hydrogel
patent, along with several other
patent pending applications, are
licensed by the startup company PepGel LLC, which was co-founded
by Sun and Huang to make their technology available for research use and medical device applications.
Along with my colleagues, I help clients
by assessing whether they can obtain a
patent, searching
patent and scientific databases, developing strategies for protecting intellectual property assets, drafting
patent applications, coordinating worldwide prosecution of the application, preparing
licensing agreements, obtaining financing, commercializing the invention, and enforcing its
patents against its competitors.
Dr Bokhari said: «The drug companies argue that they have a right to protect their intellectual property and that these agreements benefit consumers
by enabling generic versions to come onto the market sooner than they would normally have, for example if
licensed entry has been allowed at a later date but before the
patent expires.
Boston Children's Hospital has offered non-exclusive
licenses to for - profit entities on a
patent developed
by Orkin's laboratory regarding BCL11A, a genetic switch regulating hemoglobin production that is expected to form the basis of clinical trials for gene therapy and gene editing for sickle cell disease and thalassemia.
As a result, Bowman argued that his seed purchases weren't covered
by Monsanto's customary
patent license.
To increase the proportion of invention disclosures,
patents,
licenses and spin outs recorded
by Ireland that are linked to SFI research
iTeos has entered into Research Collaboration and
License Agreements on IDO1, TDO2 and Galectin - 3 technology and
patents developed
by the Ludwig Institute.
U-M holds a
patent on MM - 401 and has
licensed it to Ascentage Pharma, a China - based company co-founded
by Wang in which the university holds equity.
Those elected to the rank of NAI Fellow are named inventors on U.S.
patents and were nominated
by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation in areas such as
patents and
licensing, innovative discovery and technology, significant impact on society, and support and enhancement of innovation.
Despite being the result of public research, golden rice is enmeshed in around seventy
patents owned
by some thirty - two companies and institutions, according to the US - based International Service for the Acquisition of Agri - biotech Applications (ISAAA).4 Because of the complexity of
licensing arrangements, the inventors ceded their rights to Greenovation, a biotech spin - off company from the University of Freiburg, which then struck a deal with AstraZeneca (now Syngenta).
Use of ribose is
licensed by Bioenergy Life Science, Inc. under U.S.
Patents 6,159,942; 6,534,480; 6,218,366; 6,339,716, and other U.S. and foreign patents issued and p
Patents 6,159,942; 6,534,480; 6,218,366; 6,339,716, and other U.S. and foreign
patents issued and p
patents issued and pending.
CycleBeads and iCycleBeads are
patented products based on the scientifically proven Standard Days Method of family planning, manufactured and distributed
by Cycle Technologies under
license.
The Terms do not grant the User any right, title, interest,
license (express or implied) to the App, any
patent, trademark, service mark, copyright, trade secret or proprietary right associated with, on the part of Auto & General, the Service, or, previous applications or business methods of Auto & General (or its affiliates) required or provided in connection with the Service (whether owned or
licensed by Auto & General or its affiliates or a third party); or arising from Auto & General or its affiliates» research and development activities.
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Auto - Dimming Feature (the only aftermarket mirror with auto - dimming and
patent licensed by Gentex)
[22] Ford maintains that Ford received no technical assistance from Toyota in developing the hybrid powertrain, but that some hybrid engine technologies developed
by Ford independently were found to be similar to technologies previously
patented by Toyota, so
licenses were obtained.
«'' Ford engineers realized their technology may conflict with
patents held
by Toyota, which led to a 2004
patent - sharing accord between the companies,
licensing Ford's use of some of Toyota's hybrid technology [21] in exchange for Toyota's use of some of Ford's diesel and direct - injection engine technology.