Samsung should take note that Microsoft doesn't fool around when
patent license payments arrive late.
Not exact matches
The
payment comes as Qualcomm's
patent licensing business is increasingly under attack from government regulators and smartphone makers.
Bloomberg News reported in March that Mofcom wanted more protection for local companies, which are concerned the combined entity would extend Qualcomm's
patent licensing business into areas like mobile
payments and autonomous driving.
So develop a program offering a usage
license or royalty fee for the life of the
patent either payable in a lump sum, as annual
payments or as monthly
payments to make it easier for the infringing party to budget for.
Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a
patent license agreement that requires the licensee to pay royalties after the expiration of the
licensed patent is unlawful per se, because such
payments effectively extend the
patent monopoly beyond the statutory term and prevent the invention from becoming part...
They argued that a
license agreement calling for
payments over a longer time period, but at a lower royalty rate, actually promoted
licensing and innovation by making access to
patented technology more affordable and by better allocating the risks for some technologies.
In a «hybrid» intellectual property
license including
patents and related IP assents with longer or no term, structuring royalties with a step down in effective rate upon
patent expiration, but requiring the
payment of a somewhat lower post-expiration royalty for related IP assets, such as trade secrets.
Any
license that calls for the
payment of a royalty for the right to practice a
patent after the
patent has expired is unlawful.
The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today, argues that Qualcomm used standards - essential
patents it holds to demand elevated royalties and other
license payments from phone manufacturers.
Patent trolls are firms that buy overly - obscure, general or vague patents with the sole purpose of extracting licensing arrangements and settlement payments by threatening businesses and companies with claims of patent infring
Patent trolls are firms that buy overly - obscure, general or vague
patents with the sole purpose of extracting
licensing arrangements and settlement
payments by threatening businesses and companies with claims of
patent infring
patent infringement.
Patent trolls typically demand payment of a licensing fee from third parties in lieu of facing of facing an expensive, resource - consuming patent - infringement la
Patent trolls typically demand
payment of a
licensing fee from third parties in lieu of facing of facing an expensive, resource - consuming
patent - infringement la
patent - infringement lawsuit.
What do you do if you receive a letter from a non-practicing entity, or «
patent troll,» demanding
payment of a
licensing fee?
Know the options available to an entity that receives a letter requesting
payment of a
licensing fee from a non-practicing entity, or «
patent troll.»