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On the other hand there's now the option to pursue them in court for recovery of all the royalties already paid, since they didn't have the right to claim them
by zik 11y ago
On the other hand there's now the option to pursue them in court for recovery of all the royalties already paid, since they didn't have the right to claim them in the first place. I think we'll be seeing a lot of that in the near future.
- sandworm101 11y agoOnly if they sold something they knew they did not own. Then there is a debate re fraud. But such arguments only work where they attempted to sell an actual license. If they simply agreed not to sue, forbearance rather than license, those contracts may well remain valid.
- callum85 11y agoNot a lawyer, but here's how I see it: Lawsuit: "You approached me and gave me false information that has cost me money. Pay me to cover all my losses resulting from this false information." How (or even whether) the defendent benefited from the losses doesn't even need to come into it, as far as I can tell.