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Not that far but: "As part of our Patent Acquisition Agreement (see section 4.4), sellers will retain a license back to their patent. For you lawyers out there

• derf_ 11y ago
  > non­exclusive, non­transferable, non­assignable (including by operation of law or otherwise), non­sublicensable That does no one any good except the seller. For any seller, this kind of thing is table-stakes (no one wants to sell someone a gun pointed at their head). But if the seller is specifically concerned about their patent being used offensively on others (which I suspect was the original commenter's concern), then this provision is useless.
  • minot 11y ago
    > non­exclusive, non­transferable, non­assignable (including by operation of law or otherwise), non­sublicensable I think I am misunderstanding you. If they give much more, Google might as well just pay one to void their patent instead of assuming ownership.