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Introducing the Defensive Patent License

Introducing the Defensive Patent License

Posted Jun 23, 2012 21:00 UTC (Sat) by robbe (guest, #16131)
Parent article: Introducing the Defensive Patent License

I don't see much strength in the "must license all patents" requirement.

Won't Acme just spin off all its precious patents into Acme Explosive Patents, Inc., which licenses them back to the mothership at reasonable cost. Meanwhile, Acme joins DPL with a few remaining defensive patents.


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