In these deals Elan joins another drug company in a joint venture, makes a cash investment in the venture, then gets some or all of the cash back in the form of a license or contract fee spread over the agreement for Elan technology.

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Under the settlement and license agreement, Immersion is receiving compensation for prior shipments of Motorola devices containing Basic Haptics technology, the parties have agreed to a license relating to future shipments of Motorola devices with Basic Haptics, and have resolved certain issues with respect to Google-branded smartphones containing Basic Haptics.

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