http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/03/intellectual-ventures-v-symantec.html
After I read this article it made me wonder why companies dont just offer a huge licensing on protected aspects of their technologies. The article states that Intellectual Ventures recieved Billions of dollars for its patent licensing program and rather than resorting to litigation their competitors are willing to pay top dollar to buy the licenses. I understand the fact companies may not want to license their products out to their competitors but after examining the tech and patent world we have seen that if a company really wants something they are just going to build it then deal with the litigation later. The licensing program that Intellectual Ventures not only skips a step and the headache but also makes them lots and lots of money.
I think sometimes a company thinks they aren't infringing a particular patent, so they don't want to pay for something they are not using.
ReplyDeleteI believe that licensing company's software is another source of revenue and an opportunity for the company that doesn'y own software to use the technology.
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