Wow, I wasn’t aware of the Skype IP battle [1]. In that case EBay licensed the underlying IP from the founders. It is especially interesting in the context of

Wow, I wasn’t aware of the Skype IP battle [1]. In that case EBay licensed the underlying IP from the founders. It is especially interesting in the context of quibi because it appears that most of their content deals allowed the content creators to own the underlying content but require a 2 year exclusive license to the service. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2009/07/31/skype_joltid/ https://www.theregister.com/2009/07/31/skype_joltid/