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From the link >The terms of the settlement are confidential Anything you know that we don't? Usually licenses stay valid after a company is acquired.
by ktta 9y ago
From the link
>The terms of the settlement are confidential
Anything you know that we don't? Usually licenses stay valid after a company is acquired.
- ytch 9y agoSome news during that time said about this, this may be the original source: http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/11/apple-htc-license-agreement-would.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/11/apple-htc-license-agreeme... > In the event of a Change of Control of a party, this Agreement shall automatically terminate unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, effective immediately prior to such Change of Control.
- tooltalk 9y agoSure, HTC had a couple of seminal 4G patents that forced Apple to cross-license back in 2012, but I'm not sure if such legal protection is of any use for Google today. Most of Apple's utility and design patents asserted against HTC and cross-licensed were found to be invalid or not infringed during Samsung trial. Further, unlike Samsung, Google is less likely to suffer from the jury bias that Samsung did, even if they end up in court for patent infringement. There is really nothing to fear. In any case, I don't think Google is doing this to acquire patents.
- MBCook 9y agoBut not always. If someone were to acquire AMD wouldn’t they lose access to the Intel patents because of the way that deal was structured?
- hawski 9y agoBut wouldn't the potential AMD buyer have option to void deal for amd64 then? Serious question.
- mohaine 9y agoDepends on what the contract says. I'm guessing no because the Intel lawyers are not incompetent.
- heartbreak 9y agoBut neither are the AMD lawyers.
- MBCook 9y agoExcept they got the license back in the distant past before anyone had any idea it would be so valuable.