Alan Hysinger
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

I think you’ve kind of glossed over “corporate affiliates” in the React PATENTS Grant. A shareholder is a corporate affiliate, so if you use React in your startup, Company A, and you just happen to own shares in Big Company B as an investment, and then Big Company B sues Facebook for infringment of any patent, related to React or not, your Company A loses rights under the PATENTS Grant.

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