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I think the issue is that not using it commercially may not actually be consideration depending on how you frame it. Your last sentence could easily be reworded
by pclmulqdq 4y ago
I think the issue is that not using it commercially may not actually be consideration depending on how you frame it. Your last sentence could easily be reworded as: "in exchange for nothing, you get the right to use the IP non-commercially." This is definitely not an enforceable contract as constructed under any theory.
Courts haven't yet determined which construction is correct.
Edit: I will also add that I said "of value" not "of monetary value." Lots of things with value don't have well-defined monetary value.