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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2022

Jorge L. Contreras
Jorge L. Contreras
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University of Utah

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Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions
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Index

25 percent rule, see Royalty-Rules of Thumb
A.A. Poultry v. Rose Acre, 838
Abandonment of trademark, 466–469, 476–477
Acceptance (of deliverables), 262
Adams v. Burke, 752–755
Alfred E. Mann Found. for Sci. Research v. Cochlear Corp., 321–322, 327
ALL CAPS, 295
All substantial rights (in patent), 321–327
Allen Archery, Inc. v. Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc., 209–213
Allied Tube v. Indian Head, Inc., 871–875
Android operating system, 14, 623
Anticommons, 887–888, 890
Antitrust issues, 824–884
Agency enforcement policy, 826
Clayton Act, 791, 793, 794, 825
Essential facilities doctrine, 866
Federal Trade Commission Act, 826
Franchising, 849–853, 854–855
Injury, 870–871, 883
Market Allocation, 832–839
Market Power, 839, 852, 853–854, 857–866, 883, 908
Monopolization, 825, 840, 857–854
Nine No-Nos, 827–828b, 849
Oligopsony (buyers’ cartel), 831, 917
Output restrictions, 830–831
Patent misuse, and, 798, 862–863, 865, 866
Pay for Delay, see Antitrust issues – Reverse Payment Settlements
Per se illegality, 827–828, 836–837, 838, 840, 841, 843–844, 847, 849, 861, 863, 870
Platform technologies, 855–856
Pooling of IP, 891–97, 898–910, 911–916b
Price fixing, 828–831, 840, 848
Refusal to Deal (group boycott), 866–867
Remedies, 839–840
Resale Price Maintenance, 735, 827, 840–848
Reverse Payment Settlements, 875–883
Rule of Reason, 836, 840, 841, 843–844, 847, 849
Sherman Antitrust Act, 825, 828, 832, 835–838, 840, 841, 848, 849, 852, 857, 866, 867–868, 873, 875, 885, 891–894
Standardization, and, 831, 856–857, 864–865
Tying, 794, 827, 848–857
Affiliate, definition, 136–137
Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, 580
Amendment of agreements, 415, 554
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp., 873, 874
Apparent authority, see Authority to contract
Apple App Store, 17, 18, 197
Apple, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., 663–667
Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., 711
Application Programmer Interface (API), 582–583, 633
Application Service Provider (ASP), see Software as a Service (SaaS)
Arbitration clauses, 352–357, 544, 550, 730
Arbitron, Inc. v. Tralyn Broadcasting, Inc., 220–224
Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co., 207, 530–531, 805–807
Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc., 511–516
ASCAP, see Music – Am. Soc’y Composers
Assignment
Copyright, 22–27
FRAND commitments, see Fair, Reasonable and Nondiscriminatory (FRAND) Licensing commitments – transfer of
Goodwill, 37–41
IP underlying license, 64–66, 400
Licenses, 149, 394–400
Patent, 27–36, 426–429, 456, 669
Termination, statutory, 26
Trade secrets, 41–42
Trademark, 37–41, 126–127
Assignor estoppel –see Estoppel
At-will termination, see Termination for Convenience
Attribution requirement, 594, 595–596, 608
Au-Tomotive Gold Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 747–752
Audit clauses, 245–247
Authentic Apparel Grp., LLC v. United States, 475
Authority to contract, 549–550
Automatic Radio Co. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., 215, 225–226, 699, 704, 798, 808–810, 887, 916
Background IP, 263, 264
Bankruptcy and licenses, 15, 380, 673–690
Assignment by DIP, 684–685
Automatic stay of proceedings, 673–677
Contractual clauses, 684, 686
Debtor in possession, 673
Escrow, and, 687–690
Estate in bankruptcy, 673, 677–678
Executory contracts, 678–684
Trademarks and, 683–684
U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Sec. 365(n), 679–684See also ipso facto clauses
Barcamerica International USA Trust v. Tyfield Importers, Inc., 469–474
Bassett v. Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, 53–59
Bayer AG v. Housey Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 726–727, 728, 798
Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, 424–439, 449
March-in rights, 432–439
Preference for US Industry, 430, 431–432
Royalty sharing, 429–430, 431
Beer Nuts, Inc. v. King Nut Co., 722, 723, 724
Beneficial ownership of IP, 320
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 147
Best efforts, see Efforts required
Beta testing, 120
Beta version (pre-release), 187
Bilski v. Kappos, 580
“Biobucks”, 229
Bio-Rad Labs, Inc. v. ITC and 10X Genomics, 35–36
Block booking (motion pictures), 855, 887See also Antitrust issues – Tying
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., 32–34, 142, 149, 426–429
Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, 732–736, 745, 771, 776
Boilerplate, 122, 390–391, 419
Bona fide purchaser, 168
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. v. The Walt Disney Co., 159–164
Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc., 532
Bowman v. Monsanto, 539, 762–764
Break-up fee, 118See also – Termination, for convenience
Browsewrap agreement, 523, 541–550
Brulotte v. Thys Co., 225–226, 799–807, 812
Cannibalization, product, 12, 17
Cascades Computer Innovation LLC v. RPX Corp., 917
Celeritas Technologies, Ltd. v. Rockwell International Corp., 113–116
Change in control clauses, 399, 406
Change orders, 257–258
Character licensing, 462–466
Clickthrough agreement, see Clickwrap agreement
Clickwrap agreement, 415, 523, 540
Cloud computing, 586–591
Co-exclusive licensee, 173
Commercial purposes, definition, see Noncommercial purposes
Commissioned works, 81–88, 254–255
Commodores Entm’t Corp. v. McClary, 45
Commonwealth Film Processing, Inc. v. Courtaulds United States, Inc., 68
Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 25
Compton v. Metal Products, Inc., 820–821
Compulsory licensing,
Copyright, 497–504, 506
Patent, 439, 840
Computer Communications, Inc. v. Codex Corp., 677, 686
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 549
Condition v. covenant, 60–64, 619–621, 622
Conditional sales, 585, 764–771See also, Exhaution – Patent
Confidential Information – 54, 108, 110, 118, 364, 443, 572, 583, 597, 601
Anti-confidentiality clause, 604
Arbitration, and, 356
See also Nondisclosure Agreements
contra proferentem, 416
Control, definition, 136, 137
Convergence of IP rights, 466
Cooperative R&D Agreement (CRADA), 445
Copyleft, 596, 599, 601, 604, 608, 609–610, 624
Cornell University v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 213–214
Cost Reimbursement, 237–238, 277
Covenant not to sue, 49–51, 359
Cournot complements, 889–890
Cozza v. Network Assoc., 5
C.R. Klewin, Inc. v. Flagship Properties, Inc., 68
Creative Commons, 592–597, 618, 636
CRISPR-Cas9 licensing, 174
Customizations, 255
Cyrix Corp. v. Intel Corp., 150–157, 168
D.E. Shaw Composite Holdings, L.L.C. v. Terraform Power, LLC, 126
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Inc. v. Ono Pharm. Co., 36
Data,
Individual Health Information (IHI), 557–559
Legal protection for, 556–559
Licensing terms, 560–566
Privacy, see Privacy
Propertization of, 557–559
Trade secret, as, 560, 575
See also Economic Espionage ActSee also EU Database Directive
Datatreasury Corp. v. Wells Fargo & Co., 65
Date of agreement, see Effective Date
Dawn Donut Co. v. Hart’s Food Stores, Inc., 467–469, 475
Declaratory Judgment Act, 97–106, 709–712
Defensive termination/suspension clause, 615–616, 641, 909
De Forest Radio Telephone Co. v. United States, 91, 762
Demand letters, 106–107
Dependencies (of non-breaching party), 378–380
Derivative works, 248–251
No derivatives license, 594
Design patents, 464–466
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), 557, 609, 610, 738
Diligence requirements, see Milestones
Disclosure schedule, 287–288
Distribution agreements, 581
Divisibility of rights, 26, 36
Donald F. Duncan, Inc. v. Royal Tops Manufacturing Co., Inc., 176–179
Drackett Chem. Co. v. Chamberlain Co., 706–707
Drafting practices and tips, 123–127, 394
Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, see Hatch-Waxman Act
DSC Commc’ns Corp. v. Pulse Commc’ns, Inc., 744
DTM Research, L.L.C. v. AT&T Corp., 42
eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 662, 663
Economic Espionage Act, 560
Eden Hannon & Co. v. Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., 567–572, 575
Effective Date of agreement, 362–363, 392
Effects Associates, Inc. v. Cohen, 84–86, 88
Efforts required, 187–195, 341
Eli Lilly & Co. v. Emisphere Techs., Inc., 64
Elorac, Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Can., Inc., 298–299
Employee rights in IP, 27–31
End user license agreement (EULA), 61, 531–532, 550–555, 592
Endo Pharms., Inc. v. Actavis, Inc., 94, 360
Enesco Corp. v. Price/Costco Inc., 749
Enforcement of IP
Contractual terms relating to, 185, 319, 320, 336–341
Equity compensation, 235–237
Ericsson v. D-Link, 656, 657, 661
Escrow,
Disputed sums, 380
Source code, 583, 687–690
Essential step defense (copyright), 744
Estoppel
Assignor, 691–699, 703, 706–707
Licensee, 699–709
Ethicon v. United States Surgical Corp., 42–43
EU Database Directive, 557, 560
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 573
Everex Systems, Inc. v. Cadtrax Corp., 405, 685
Eviction from license, 706–709
Exhibits to agreement, 123
Exclusion of Damages, see Limitations of Liability
Exclusivity, 118, 197, 245, 252–253, 325–326b, 332, 405–406, 430, 443–444, 888
Exhaustion doctrine,
Conditional sales, see Conditional sales
International, 778–781
Patent, 359, 660
See also, First Sale Doctrine
Export controls, 409, 441–442, 604
Exxon Corp. v. Oxxford Clothes Inc., 476–477
Fabryzyme petition, see Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 – March-in rights
Fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing commitments, 66, 445, 632, 640–641, 654–659, 904, 906–907
Antitrust remedy, as, 840
Enhanced damages for breach of, 666–667
Injunctive relief, effect on, 662–668
Nondiscrimination, 659–662
Royalty-Free licensing, 658–659
Servitudes, compared to, 670
Third party beneficiaries of, 658
Transfer of, 66, 668–670
See also Defensive suspension/termination, Reciprocity requirements, Royalties
Fair Use doctrine,
Copyright, 441, 521, 522, 532, 585, 593, 822
Trademark, 142
Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC v. Zhang, 315–320
Federal common law, 53, 405
Federal agencies, licensing by, 333–334, 440
Federal Rule of Evidence 408 – see Settlement of Litigation
Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., 875–883
Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm, 762, 856–857
Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone, 556–557
Field of Use (FOU), 143–146, 279, 447
Filmtec Corporation v. Allied-Signal Inc., 28–33
First Nationwide Bank v. Florida Software Services, 406
First sale doctrine,
Copyright, 731–736
International, 771–778
Digital works, 746
Trademark, 746–752
International, 781–789
Flex-Foot, Inc. v. CRP, Inc., 713–717, 722, 725–727
Flynn v. McGraw Hill LLC, 215
Foad Consulting Group, Inc. v. Musil Govan Azzalino, 79
Force majeure, 380, 409–411, 419
Foreground IP, 263, 264
Foundry rights, 156–157
Franchising, 480–492
Advertising, 485
Agreements, 485–492, see also IHOP Restaurants LLC v. Moeini Corp.
Disclosures, 483–484
Operations manual, 491–492
Termination of, 383, 491
See also, Antitrust issues – Franchising
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft v. Sirius XM, 374, 377
Free licenses, 18, 658–659
Free software movement, 597–601
Functionality doctrine (trademark), 747–748
Future grants of rights, 32
General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric, 143–144, 145, 146, 760, 769–770
Gen-Probe Inc. v. Vysis, Inc., 710, 726, 728
Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp., 655
Genericide (trademark), 480
Good faith efforts, see Efforts required
Google, 14, 17, 18
Google v. Oracle, 578
Grantbacks, 252–254, 590, 904, 905, 908–909, 914
Gray market, see First Sale Doctrine – Trademark – International
Greenberg v. Miami Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Inc., 559
Greenfield v. Twin Vision Graphics, Inc., 538
Gruen Marketing Corp. v. Benrus Watch Company, Inc., 328–332
Hague Conference on Private International Law, 345
Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States, 897
Hatch-Waxman Act, 876–877
Have-made rights, 154–157
Henry v. A. B. Dick Co., 860
Hill v. Gateway 2000, Inc., 546
Huawei v. ZTE (Eur. Ct. Justice), 667–668
Human samples, treatment of, 456
Hyperlinks, 549
I.A.E., Inc. v. Shaver, 81–87
I.Lan Systems, Inc. v. Netscout Service Level, 523
Idaho Potato Comm. v. M&M Produce Farm & Sales, 719–724
Idea disclaimers, 78
Idea pitches, 68–80
Idea registration, 79–80
IHOP Restaurants LLC v. Moeini Corp., 486–491
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc., 790, 859–863
Implied licenses, 67, 68–96, 134, 615
Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., 765–771, 778–781
Improvements (to licensed technology), 251, 447See also Derivative Works
Indemnification,
IP infringement, 297, 299–311, 364, 448, 589
Termination of European sales representatives, 386
Independent Wireless Telegraph Co v. Radio Corp of America, 334
Inequitable conduct, 652
Injunctive relief clauses – 110, 111, 349, 350, 668
Innovatio IP Ventures, 656, 657
Institut Pasteur v. Cambridge Biotech Corp., 685
Insurance clause, 311–312
Integration clause, see Merger clause
Intercompany agreements, 566
Interim agreements, 119–120
Internal use limitation (software), 581
International Business Machines (IBM), 14, 18, 78, 150–154
International News Service v. Associated Press, 556, 557
International Salt Co. v. United States, 850, 862, 863
Invitation to license –see Demand Letter
Ipso facto clause, 363, 685–687
Irrevocable licenses, 374
IXL, Inc. v. AdOutlet.Com, Inc., 258–262, 380
Jacbosen v. Katzer, 602, 616–622, 623–624
Jefferson Parish Hospital Dist. No. 2 v. Hyde, 849, 859, 861, 863
Johnson v. Jones, 87–88
Joinder, 332–336, 337, 338
Joint ownership of IP, 263, 264
Copyrights – 43
Non-US law – 46
Patents – 42–43
Trademarks
Trade Secrets – 43–44
Joint ventures, 265–275
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. DataTreasury Corp., 245
Jury trial, waiver of, 343
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. v. Surgical Tech., Inc., 749, 750, 752, 788
Keen, Inc. v. Gecker, 678
Kennedy v. Natl. Juvenile Detention Assn., 150, 249–251
Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. v. Vroom, 181–183
Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp., 807
Klipsch Inc. v. WWR Technology Inc., 412–413
Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, 800–805
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 771–778
Know-How,
Definition, 130, 138–139
Licensing, 138–140
Knowledge qualifiers, 287, 289
Krehl v. Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Co., 854–855
Lasercomb v. Reynolds, 818–821
Law v. Bioheart, Inc., 229–234
Le Tote Inc. v. Urban Outfitters Inc., 111
Lear, Inc. v. Adkins, 695–696, 699–709, 711, 715–716, 721–722, 723, 724, 726, 728, 808
Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 841–847
Letter of Intent –see Preliminary Documents
License back, see Grantback
Limitations of Liability, 295–297, 534
Linux operating system, 18, 601, 609, 615, 618, 623, 627
Listerine, 14see Warner-Lambert Pharm. v. John J. Reynolds, Inc.
Lock-in, 634, 639
Loew’s Inc. v. Wolff, 281–284, 293
Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Nanya Tech. Corp., 322–328, 335
Lost profits, 298–299
Lubrizol Enterprises, Inc. v. Richmond Metal Finishers, Inc., 679, 683
M.A. Mortenson Company, Inc. v. Timberline Software Corp., 532–537
M.D. Mark, Inc. v. Kerr-McGee Corp., 562–566, 575
Macy’s Inc. v Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., 183–184
Madey v. Duke Univ., 442
Malicious code, 289
MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer Inc., 578, 740–742, 744
Maintenance,
Hardware, 584
Product, 292
Software, 584, 586
Mallinckrodt, Inc. v. Medipart, Inc., 764–765, 766, 770
Marking
Confidential information, 112
Patents, 406–408
Trademarks
Material adverse effect, 287
Material Transfer Agreement, 451–456
Materiality (of breach), 375–376, 379
McCoy v. Mitsuboshi Cutlery, Inc., 89–93
MacMahan Pharmacal Co. v. Denver Chemical Mfg. Co., 466–467
MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard, 60–63
Mechanical Ice Tray Corp. v. Gen. Motors Corp., 178–179
MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 98, 102–104, 105–106, 710–711, 726, 728, 729
Memorandum of Understanding –see Preliminary Documents
Memry Corp. v. Ky. Oil Tech., N.V., 42
Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co., 795–796, 809, 862
Mergers and acquisitions, 15, 380, 396–397, 399, 401–406
Merger clause (integration clause), 194, 411–412
Mextel, Inc. v. Air-Shields, Inc., 377
MGP Ingredients, Inc. v. Mars, Inc., 44
Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., 655, 657, 660, 662
Milestones, 173, 186–187, 379
Payments, 228–235
Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 692–699
Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology, LLC, 683–684
Misuse doctrine (patent), 652–653, 727–729, 790–817, 862–863
Bundling, see Misuse doctrine (patent) – Package Licensing
Contributory infringement, and, 796–797, 798
No-challenge clauses, 807–808
Package licensing, 808–817, 827, 902
Patent Misuse Reform Act of 1988, 797, 816, 821, 863, 866
Post-expiration royalties, 798–805
Total sales royalty, see Misuse doctrine (patent) – Package Licensing
Tying, 791–795
Misuse doctrine (copyright), 817–823
Mistake, doctrine of, 21
Modularization of agreements, 13
Most-favored status and clauses, 238–245
Morton v. Rank Am., Inc., 44
Morton Salt Co. v. G.S. Suppiger Co., 791–795, 805, 809, 821, 862, 863
The Movie 1 & 2 v. United Artists Communications, 866–870
Music,
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), 22, 505–507, 887
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), 22, 505–507, 887
Copyright in, 493–495
Copyright Royalty Board, 497, 498–503
Cover license (statutory), 497–504
Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 (DPRSRA), 510, 513
Harry Fox Agency, 503
Licenses, 508–522
Mechanical reproduction, 496–504
Music Modernization Act of 2018, 504, 517
Noncommercial broadcasting license (statutory), 506
Performing Rights Organizations (PROs), 504–508
Political rallies, 509–510
Public performance rights, 508–518
Sampling, 521–522
SESAC, Inc., 505, 887
SoundExchange, 504, 510–511, 517
Streaming, 503–504
Synchronization, 518–520
Nadel v. Play-By-Play Toys & Novelties, Inc., 69–74
Naked licensing of trademark, see Abandonment of trademark
National Auto Lenders, Inc. v. SysLOCATE, Inc., 549–550
NEC Corp. v. Intel Corp., 585
Net Sales definition, 208
New York Times Co., Inc. v. Tasini, 164
No-challenge clause, see Validity – Challenges to
Noncircumvention, 566–572, 586
Noncommercial purposes, 454, 456, 594, 604
Noncompetition agreement, 569–571, 572, 818–821
Nondisclosure Agreements, 107–116
Nondiscrimination requirement, 603, 613, 659–662, 906, 907
Level discrimination, 660–661
See also Fair, Reasonable and Nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing
Nondisturbance agreement, 387
Non-practicing entities (NPEs)
Copyright, 321
Patent, 14, 15–16, 140, 310–311, 327–328, 588, 589, 656, 669
Nonrefundable fees, 198–199
Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery Printing Co., 870
Notice clause, 416–418
Numerus clausus and licenses, 364
Object code (software), 142, 575–577, 580
Open Source Initiative (OSI), see Open source software (OSS)
Open source software (OSS), 590, 597–632, 641
Affero General Public License (AGPL), 613
Apache License, 605, 615–616, 618, 623, 627, 631
Artistic License, 602, 616–622
Black Duck Software, 632
BSD License, 602, 605–608, 615, 623, 631
Copyleft, see Copyleft
Definitions of, 601–605
Dual licensing strategy, 624, 630
Due diligence, and, 631–632
Free Software Foundation (FSF), 608, 613, 627
General Public License (GPL), 602, 605, 608–616, 624, 629, 630, 631
GNU Project, 598–600
Lesser General Public License (LGPL), 605, 614–615, 630, 631
Mozilla Public License, 602, 605, 629
Open Source Initiative (OSI), 601–605, 608, 609, 622, 627
Patents, and, 611–613, 615
Viral nature of OSS, see Copyleft
See also Android operating system, Jacbosen v. Katzer, Linux operating system, Stallman, Richard
Option agreements and clauses, 235, 450, 451
Fees, 197–198
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), 581–582
Otto Preminger Films, Ltd. v. Quintex Entertainment, Ltd., 683
Ownership of IP, see Assignment
Pandora v. ASCAP, 507
Pav-Saver Corporation v. Vasso Corporation, 267–275
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) –see Non-practicing Entities-Patent
Patent family, 130–132
Patent prosecution
Costs, see Cost Reimbursement
Responsibility, 276–277
Patent troll –see Non-practicing entities
PBTM LLC v. Football Northwest, LLC, 126–127
Permanence Corp. v. Kennametal, Inc., 189–193, 411
Perpetual license, 365–374
Pledges of intellectual property, 17, 586–587, 632–636
Market reliance, 634
Open COVID Pledge, 636
Tesla Motors, 632, 634–636
Pooling of intellectual property, 17, 885–917
Allocation methods, 888
Biotechnology, 890, 910
Competition among pools, 889
Complementarity, 906, 910
Defensive aggregation, 916–917
DVD pools, 226, 889, 907
Innovation, effect on, 898, 904–905, 909
Holdouts from, 889
Standards and pools, 898–910
Portfolio licensing, 135–136, 215
Preemption of state law claims, 529–531, 532, 807
Preliminary documents, 116–120
Privacy, data, 573–575
Private labeling, 832–839
In Re Prize Frize, Inc., 681–683
ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 524–532, 536–537, 546, 746
PPG Industries, Inc. v. Guardian Industries Corp., 401–406
Precedence, order of, 414–415
Prestonettes, Inc. v. Coty, 748, 750
Princo cases, 816–817, 915–916
Priority date (patent), 131
Public domain, 596, 601
Public licenses, 594–595, 618, 636
Puget Sound Financial, LLC v. Unisearch, Inc., 538
Purchase orders, 533
Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp., 644–654
Quality control in trademark licenses, 469–479, 786
Policing of quality, 474
Quality control clauses, 475–478
Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, 755–762, 767, 768, 770–771
Qui tam plaintiff, 408
Rambus Inc. v. Infineon Technologies AG, 645–646, 653
Rambus Inc. v. FTC, 654
Random House, Inc. v. Rosetta Books, LLC, 163–164
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. v. LSI Corp., 657, 662–663
Reasonable efforts, see Efforts required
Reciprocity requirements, 641
Recordation of IP interests, 26, 32, 40, 171
Recording Industry Assn. of Am. v. Librarian of Congress, 498–503
Red Wing Shoe Co. v. Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc., 711–712
Register.com v. Verio, Inc., 547–548
Research exemption, 442
Research tools, licensing, 176
Residuals clause, 109, 111, 112
Reverse engineering, 109, 111, 585–586
Reversion of rights, 373
Rhone-Poulenc Agro, S.A. v. DeKalb Genetics Corporation, 168–172
Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn, 314, 320, 321
Rite-Hite Corp. v. Kelly Co. Inc., 325–326
Rolex Watch, U.S.A., Inc. v. Michel Co., 750, 752, 788
Royalty,
Advance, 199
Base, 208–217
Bundled rights, 225–226
Buyout, 219–220
Caps, 219
Entire market value rule (EMVR), 214
Escalation, 220–224
Fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) royalties, 224, 654–659
Bottom-Up methodology, 656–657
Top-Down methodology, 656–657
Hybrid (patent/know-how), 206–207
In-kind compensation, 217
Minimum royalties, 217–218
Penalties for validity challenge, 727–729
Pre-issuance, 706
Rate, 199–208
Reach-through, 214–215
Rules of Thumb, 205, 207
Sharing under Bayh-Dole Act, 429–430, 431
Smallest salable patent practicing unit (SSPPU), 214
Stacking, 224–225, 889–890
Tiers, 201–202
Total sales royalty, see Misuse doctrine (patent) – Package Licensing
Royalty-free licensing –see Free licenses
RPX Corp., 916–917
Ryan Data Exchange v. Graco, 179–180, 338–340, 376
SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc. – 98–106
Sanyo limitation, 152–154
Saturday Evening Post v. Rumbleseat Press, Inc., 718–719, 724
Schedules to agreement, 122
Scheiber v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., 800, 805
Schlaifer Nance & Company v. Estate of Andy Warhol, 285
Schoenberg v. Shapolsky Publishers, Inc. – 54–59
Schwendimann v. Arkwright Advanced Coating, Inc., 21–22
Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus Mfg. Co., 695–696, 703, 801–802
Sebastian Int’l, Inc. v. Longs Drug Stores Corp., 746, 748
Securitization, 14–15
Security interests in IP, 40
Seed licenses, 539
In re Select-A-Seat Corp., 683
Settlement of litigation, 105
Authority to settle, 337, 340
Settlement agreements, 244, 306–308, 358–361, 713–717, 875–883
Severability clause, 413–414
Shop rights, 28, 404, 406
Share-alike license, 594, 596
Shrinkwrap agreement, 523, 524–531
Siegel v. Chicken Delight, Inc., 849–853
Signature of agreement, 122, 362
Single use device, 764, 766
Societe Des Produits Nestle, S.A. v. Casa Helvetia, Inc., 474–475, 782–789
Software
Code, 142, 575–577
Copyright in, 577–578
Licensing, 581–583See also End User License Agreement (EULA)
Maintenance, 584
Patents in, 579–580, 588
Sale versus License, 736–744
Support, 584
Trade secrets in, 580
Updates and Upgrades. 584, 629
See also Object code, Source code
Software as a Service (SaaS), 587, 590–591, 613
Sole licensee, 173, 180
Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. 2 K Games, Inc., 88
Source code (software), 142, 575–577, 580, 585–586, 591, 602–603, 609
Proprietary licenses of, 582–583
See also Open Source Software (OSS)
Southern California Gas Co. v. Syntellect, Inc., 306–311
Specht v. Netscape Communications, Inc., 541–548
Specification, 257, 288
Spindelfabrik Suessen-Schurr Stahlecker & Grill v. Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik AG, 49, 50, 132–135, 157–158
Sponsored Research Agreement, see University Technology Transfer – Sponsored Research
Stallman, Richard, 597–601, 608, 622–623
Standard Oil Co. v. United States, 853, 860
Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United States, 16, 879, 888, 891–897
Standards and standardization, 17, 637–670
Antitrust issues, 654, 661, 667–668
De facto standards, 642–643
Due process, 871–875
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A- 119–120, 874
Patents and, see Standards-essential patents
Patent pools, and, 643, 898–910
SDO IP Policies, 640–641
Disclosure policies, 644–654
Ex ante disclosure of licensing terms, 654
see also Fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing
Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), 660
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 640
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. (ASME), 873, 874
Bluetooth Special Interest Group, 638
Consortia, 638
European Telecommunications Standards Inst. (ETSI), 638, 663
HDMI Forum, 638
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 638, 661, 668, 669
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 638, 641, 646, 899
International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 646, 899, 912
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 638, 639, 659, 669–670
Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), 645–646, 653
Joint Video Team (JVT), 644–645, 646–651
National Fire Protection Association, 871–873
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), 660
USB Forum, 638
Standards-essential patents, 638–670
Essentiality, 641–642, 643, 817, 904, 906, 909–910, 914, 915–916
FRAND, see Fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing
Hold out, 664, 666
Hold-up, 639, 640, 664
Lock-in, see Lock-in
Market power, conferring, 864–865
Pools, 643
Royalty-free licensing, 640
Royalty stacking and, 640
Standing to sue (licensee), 314–336, 340
Stanford v. Roche, see Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.
State law issues – 21, 51–52See also Preemption of state law
Statement of Work (SOW), 257, 258–259, 260–261
Statute of Frauds – 21, 67–68
Statutory termination of rights, 26, 383
STC.UNM v. Intel Corp., 333–334, 335
Step-Saver Data Sys., Inc. v. Wyse Technology, 535–536, 537–538
Studiengesellschaft Kohle m.b.H. v. Hercules Inc., 241–245
Sublicensing, 149, 165–172
Effect of termination on, 386–387
Income, 226–228
Sublicensees, breach by, 380–381
Sugar Busters LLC v. Brennan – 37
Sun Microsystems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. – 51
Systems Unlimited v. Cisco Systems – 20–21
Taco Cabana Int’l, Inc. v. Two Pesos, Inc., 462–463, 474
Tattoos – 88
Tax issues, 140, 217
T.B. Harms Co. v. Eliscu, 54–59
TCL v. Ericsson, 659
Technical Standards, see Standards
Term and duration, 108, 112, 362–374
Term sheet –see Preliminary Documents
Termination of agreement,
Bankruptcy, 380
Breach, 374–381
Challenge to Validity, 725–727
Convenience, 381–383
Without cause, see Termination for Convenience
Territory, definition, 147–148
Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil Co., 117–118
Third party components (software), 256, 262
Trade dress, 462–464
Trademark usage guidelines, 479–480
TransCore, LP v. Elec. Transaction Consultants Corp., 94–95, 360
Transfer of licenses –see Assignment
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Noble Corp. PLC, 717
Trimble Inc. v. Perdiemco LLC, 712
Troxel Mfg. Co. v. Schwinn Bicycle Co., 708–709
UMG Recordings v. Augusto, 745–746
Unconscionability doctrine, 539–540
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) – 21, 52–53, 284, 294, 296, 298, 346, 526–529, 536–537, 544, 551
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) – 53, 59, 298, 341, 406
Uniloc USA v. Microsoft Corp., 205, 207
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (UNCISG), 346–347
United States v. Inslaw, Inc., 674–677
United States v. Loew’s, Inc., 855, 860, 862, 863
United States v. Mfrs. Aircraft Ass’n, 896, 897
United States v. Microsoft Corp., 855–856, 858, 865–866
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., 851–852
United States v. Terminal R.R. Ass’n of St. Louis, 866
United States v. Topco Associates, Inc., 832–839
United States v. Univis Lens Co., 752, 757, 761, 767, 768
United States v. Wise, 739–740
University technology transfer, 172, 176, 236–237, 423–461
Bayh-Dole Act, and, see Bayh-Dole Act of 1980
Copyright, 456–461
Nine Points document, 441–442, 447, 448
Reserved rights, 442–443
Sharing of revenue, 459, 460, see also Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 – Revenue Sharing
Socially-responsible licensing, 444–446
Spinout companies, 446, 449
Sponsored Research, 448–451
Surrogate licensing, 446–447
Technology Transfer Offices, 440–441
Unwired Planet v. Huawei, 659, 660
U.S. Philips Corp. v. ITC, see Princo cases
Use not Sell rights, 158
User limits (in software licenses), 581
Validity of IP,
Arbitration of, 730
Challenges to, 380, 709–730See also Declaratory Judgment Act
No-challenge clauses,
Copyright licenses, in, 718–719
Patent licenses, in, 361, 712–730, 807–808
Trademark licenses, in, 719–724
Other Penalties for challenge, 725–730
Value Added Reseller (VAR), 581–582
Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., 736–744, 746, 771
Video games, 17, 88
Video Pipeline, Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 821–823
VirnetX, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 207
Waiver clause (no waiver), 412–413
Waiver doctrine, 651–652
Warner-Lambert Pharm. v. John J. Reynolds, Inc., 14, 366–373
Warranties, 281–299
Disclaimers of, 293–296, 448
Intellectual property, 360–361
Survival, 364
Warren v. Fox Family Worldwide, Inc. – 22–25
Web crawling, see Web scraping
Web scraping, 549, 554
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. v. Formica Insulation Co., 692, 694–697, 702, 703
Westowne Shoes, Inc. v. Brown Group, Inc., 184–185
Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc., 578
Whitewater West Indus. v. Alleshouse, 34–35
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, 187–189
Works made for hire, 22–25, 259, 519
Wrench LLC v. Taco Bell Corp., 74–79
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., 798, 811–816, 887

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