OPEN PATENT LICENSING:
The Defensive Patent License

Come learn about open patent licensing on March 3 at General Assembly in NYC. Among others, we will discuss the Defensive Patent License (“DPL”).

The Defensive Patent License is a patent cease-fire agreement. Anyone can join, but by joining, you commit to only use your patents defensively. Specifically, you agree not to sue anyone else in the DPL patent pool (but if they shoot first, you can return fire).

The technology in the DPL pool becomes ‘open’ technology: anyone in the pool can use it. Anyone outside the pool can jump in, but they need to bring all their patents in with them. The more the merrier. The more companies that join the DPL pool, the more open technology it accumulates, and the more incentive there is for other companies to join and benefit from the DPL ceasefire. Prof. Jason Schultz will talk DPL.

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Open Patent Licensing
General Assembly in NYC
March 3, 2015