And reached a general patent cross licensing agreement.
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In the deal, which includes a cross-licensing arrangement, Intel agreed to buy Digital's Alpha microprocessor operations.
He's talking to the company about possibly cross-licensing technologies to avoid royalty payments, or getting a discount.
Cross-licensing giants naturally view NPEs that help inventors as a threat, perhaps an even greater threat than trolls.
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Loads of companies use the technology of others, sometimes freely, sometimes for a fee or in cross-licensing agreements.
Solutions got 10, 000 patents and a cross-licensing that remains after Mobility's acquisition.
Microsoft and Samsung have signed a cross-licensing deal on patents, in an apparent bid to better protect both companies in their ongoing battles with Apple.
Companies have also learned to work cooperatively to achieve their strategic IP goals by leveraging defensive patent pools, covenants not to sue, and creative cross-licensing models.
And there is another alternative: Apple could ultimately seek a patent cross-licensing deal with Google despite its late chief executive Steve Jobs' vow to "destroy Android".
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Regardless of current or future sales, Chowdhry stands by his belief that the jury verdict will lead to a cross-licensing deal between Apple and Samsung.
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The deal also extends the existing patent cross-licensing deal between the two companies, and includes a NAND flash memory supply agreement for Samsung to provide chips to Seagate for solid-state drives and other products.
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Today more than 50 million players enjoy our games, a number that grows daily through a diverse business model that includes direct-to-consumer websites, social game development, and cross platform publishing, licensing, and technology.
And, with appropriate updating of copyright and licensing frameworks, cross-border flows of copyrighted material can be an opportunity for copyright owners, not a threat.
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