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I'd be curious if anyone can comment on this line: “Apple’s license agreement with Intellectual Ventures presumably precludes Apple (and Google) from this unle
by lukejduncan 15y ago
I'd be curious if anyone can comment on this line:
“Apple’s license agreement with Intellectual Ventures presumably precludes Apple (and Google) from this unless they risk losing their license to those patents and potentially many others (up to more than 30,000).”
Is it really possible to have a license that says "you can't challenge the validity of lawsuits that stem from patents we own/profit from"?
- monochromatic 15y ago> Is it really possible to have a license that says "you can't challenge the validity of lawsuits that stem from patents we own/profit from"? If you mean "challenge the validity of the patents," then it is absolutely possible, and it is a very common thing to put into a license. You don't want your licensee to insulate himself from suit by signing the license agreement, and then immediately turn around and sue for a declaratory judgment of invalidity. Having this clause puts the spectre of an infringement suit into his head, and it makes him less likely to challenge your patent's validity.
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- foobarbazetc 15y agoIt's best to ignore anything coming from FOSSPatents.