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    Sorry. Too late to patent Consumerium and besides concepts are '''''not''''' patentable anywhere
    A '''mandatory patent license''' is part of most [[Consortium license]]s.  It requires all [[patent]]ed (or even sometimes just "patentable" [[improvement]]) to be re-licensed to all [[consortium]] members on the same identical terms.
     
    Government agencies often are required to offer licenses on patents they file.
     
    [[Consumerium License]] will probably require giving up patent rights to the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] if only so it can release these to the [[public domain]] without violating anyone's rights.  It might also choose to work within a [[Green Patent License]] or [[open patent]] regime eventually - retaining the rights until they can be protected and used for [[self-funding]].
     
    See [[healthy signal infrastructure]] for a more general framework of something that the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] of [[Consumerium Services]] might be part of, and which would probably have one or more elements under some such a mandatory license.

    Revision as of 21:15, 24 November 2003

    A mandatory patent license is part of most Consortium licenses. It requires all patented (or even sometimes just "patentable" improvement) to be re-licensed to all consortium members on the same identical terms.

    Government agencies often are required to offer licenses on patents they file.

    Consumerium License will probably require giving up patent rights to the Consumerium Governance Organization if only so it can release these to the public domain without violating anyone's rights. It might also choose to work within a Green Patent License or open patent regime eventually - retaining the rights until they can be protected and used for self-funding.

    See healthy signal infrastructure for a more general framework of something that the healthy buying infrastructure of Consumerium Services might be part of, and which would probably have one or more elements under some such a mandatory license.