TERMIUM Plus®
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CROSS-LICENSING [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1985-05-15
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Legal Documents
- Patents (Law)
- Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cross licensing
1, record 1, English, cross%20licensing
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- cross-licensing 2, record 1, English, cross%2Dlicensing
correct, noun
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
an arrangement whereby two parties each licence the other in respect of their own intellectual property. 1, record 1, English, - cross%20licensing
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
There exists a number of situations in which the barter of patent rights is more advantageous to patentees than would be mutual royalty patents. Accordingly, one patentee may agree to licence another under one or more of his own patents in exchange for a license to use one or more patents owned by the other patentee. Such an arrangement is often referred to as cross-licensing. This type of bargain is most commonly struck where one party owns a patent whose claims dominate the claims of one or more patents held by the other. In such a situation, absent a license by each to the other, neither could the owner of the dominant patent make use of inventions covered by the claims of a subservient patent, nor could the owner of a subservient patent make use of the inventions covered by the claims of his own patents. 2, record 1, English, - cross%20licensing
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Documents juridiques
- Brevets d'invention (Droit)
- Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- concession réciproque de licences
1, record 1, French, concession%20r%C3%A9ciproque%20de%20licences
proposal, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- échange de licences 2, record 1, French, %C3%A9change%20de%20licences
masculine noun
- licenciation réciproque 3, record 1, French, licenciation%20r%C3%A9ciproque
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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