Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi and Finnish technology company Nokia on Wednesday announced a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year
patent licensing arrangement, the latter of which will allow the companies to cross-license each other's standard essential patents.
Not exact matches
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).
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Mr. Bauer also has extensive experience advising a variety of clients on a range of other types of technology transactions, including
patent acquisition and cross-
licensing agreements, software and hardware development and
licensing arrangements, product manufacturing and distribution agreements, outsourcing and services agreements, and data and content
licensing agreements.
They handle trademark prosecution,
patent and know - how
licensing, joint development projects, collaboration
arrangements, IP
licensing, manufacturing, distribution, strategic sourcing agreements, domain name consultation, arbitration, and litigation.
This
arrangement can allow companies to more easily access a core technology without requiring arranging separate
licenses for each of the
patents.
Patent pools are
arrangements where several firms
license or assign
patents to a common entity which in term
licenses the entire pool of
patents to interested parties, typically on a non-exclusive non-discriminatory basis.
We represent a wide variety of clients including a world - class semiconductor foundry company, several multinational corporations and many major national and international players in hi - tech and information industry involved in
patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrete
license or infringement, telecommunication, depositary receipt or convertible bond issuance, joint venture, merger and acquisition, trade practices, syndicated loan
arrangement and environment protection.
We offer clients the full spectrum of intellectual property services, including the acquisition, enforcement, and defense of
patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, as well as related
licensing, joint technology development
arrangements, and litigation.
technology transfer /
licensing arrangements for substantial
patent and trademark portfolios for companies doing business in China;
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.
So to produce involves much more complexity and business
arrangements if the other
patents are not owned by the same entity, such as cross
licensing, partnerships, etc., let alone the actual production, marketing, and distribution of the thing.
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).
In the Lenovo sale, which saw Moto's price tag drop by $ 10 billion, Google held onto all but 2,000 of these
patents, with Moto retaining a lifetime
licensing arrangement.
But privateering is concerned with the transactions which — although organized to look like a genuine
patent transfer — are, in fact, just simple
arrangements under which the
patent holder
licenses the to the operating company to so that this separate entity may pursue litigation.