Mandatory patent license: Difference between revisions
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(the note here has nothing to do with what a mandatory patent license actually IS, so this is now explained independently of the Consortium licenses you find it in - see talk for response tho) |
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A '''mandatory patent license''' is part of most [[Consortium license]]s. It requires all [[patent]]ed (or even sometimes just "patentable" [[improvement]]) to be | A '''mandatory patent license''' is part of most [[Consortium license]]s. It requires all [[patent]]ed (or even sometimes just "patentable" [[improvement]]) to be licensed to all [[consortium]] members on the same identical terms. It does not necessarily include [[required reintegration]] of new inventions based on the old ones, but it might (that is a separate concern in its own page here). | ||
Government agencies often are required to offer licenses on patents they file. | Government agencies often are required to offer licenses on patents they file. | ||