Sentences with phrase «non-aggression pact»

For example, the Defensive Patent License is akin to a non-aggression pact for patents: companies commit to never asserting any of their patents offensively against any other company that has also committed to the license.

As we've noted before, Google's non-aggression pact is no magic bullet to stop nuisance cloud - based lawsuits, in part because it provides little deterrent to so - called trolls — shell companies, often backed by lawyers and private investors, that do nothing but acquire old patents in order to file lawsuits.

On Thursday, the company designated 79 more patents to be part of its «Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge,» which amounts to a non-aggression pact under which anyone can use the technology described in the patents — anyone, that is, who doesn't use patents to attack Google first.

It just has to be enough of an obstacle for competitors to defend their space - or (more commonly) to negotiate a mutual non-aggression pact with a competitor...

I'd be willing to extend a similar non-aggression pact to Andrew Bolt and the anonymous producer of Cut - and - Paste, but without personal attacks, these blogs would have very little to publish.

It might mean a non-aggression pact in seats like Eastleigh where Chris Huhne would face almost certain defeat if a Tory candidate stood.

Cuomo and Christie had a good relationship, and appeared to have something of a non-aggression pact.

Cuomo also seems to have decided that he's got no good reason to get into a fight with Christie, and plenty of reason to preserve their de facto non-aggression pact.

Now, a new survey by ConservativeHome, has found that 55 per cent of Tory members are open to a «non-aggression pact» between the coalition partners in seats where they are first and second - placed, with 11 per cent describing such an agreement as «ideal».

Pataki blasted the state under Cuomo, who had a non-aggression pact with Senate GOP leader Ralph Marino.

They couldn't play their hand too hard because they need two things from Cuomo that are only tacitly promisable: Cover during redistricting, which Cuomo wants to wrest from their hands, and a non-aggression pact in next year's election.

Rich Schaffer, Suffolk Democratic chairman who in the past has had a sub rosa non-aggression pact with the GOP Senate, said he backs reunification and is comfortable with Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, who comes from suburban Westchester.

This absence of leadership is encouraged by an implicit «non-aggression pact.»

Such a non-aggression pact has previously been floated by Mark Field MP and in early August a ConservativeHome survey revealed that Tory members were relatively open to the possibility.

Today he has ruled out a non-aggression pact between his party and the Conservatives at the next election.

Polling by Populus (for Lord Ashcroft) has, however, suggested that LibDem MPs could face wipeout in Tory / LD marginals if they don't have a non-aggression pact with the Conservatives in these seats.

Conservative Chairman Sayeeda Warsi has refused to rule out electoral co-operation and a recent ConHome poll of Tory members found that 35 % were wholly opposed to a limited non-aggression pact in Lib / Con marginals.

The original Southern Discomfort research allowed a new electoral approach to disguise a non-aggression pact with capital.

The testimony once again thrust into the spotlight the relationship between Cuomo and Christie, which has appeared at points to be both warm and resemble a non-aggression pact.

I'm sure, as James says, that the idea of some kind of Tory - UKIP non-aggression pact will not go away.

The outlines of a non-aggression pact became clear in 2013 and 2014, when Christie as chairman of the Republican Governors Association did nothing to help Cuomo's GOP challenger and Cuomo, at the same time, said nothing about the burgeoning scandal across the Hudson River.

A formal alliance or non-aggression pact is highly unlikely unless the coalition survives to 2015.

After years of enjoying a seeming non-aggression pact with Mr. Cuomo, he also has helped Mr. Pataki become a competitive challenger to New York's third - term Democratic Governor.

The claim mentioned on Wikipedia is that the German - Soviet non-aggression pact is emphasised as evidence somehow, but that seems to be cherry picking one or two things from a huge amount of evidence to the contrary.

Well it did not last long Arsenal fans, and to be honest it was a bit weird having a kind of non-aggression pact with Manchester United in recent years, when the biggest talking point was the little boy and his little boy dreams.

The LOT serves as a mutual non-aggression pact among a web of companies that include Pandora, Newegg and JP Morgan.

The upshot of the «starter» program, then, is that Google has found a way to add 50 potentially important young companies to the patent non-aggression pact.

Not exact matches

Despite their «non-aggression» pact, which has seen both Madrid clubs agree not to sign each other's...

He described his relationship with the organization as «very good» but also said he and Ragusa have a «pact of non-aggression,» adding: «We disagree, but we try not to be disagreeable.»