cross-license
Reciprocal patent agreement
Cross-license refers to an arrangement where two parties grant each other rights to use their respective intellectual property—typically patents, trademarks, or copyrighted material.
Companies with overlapping technologies often cross-license to avoid infringement lawsuits and share innovations: The smartphone manufacturers agreed to cross-license their patent portfolios.
The verb and noun forms are interchangeable: they can cross-license patents or enter into a cross-license.
Payment for usage rights
- agreementShared position between parties
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- infringementViolation of rights
- litigationLegal dispute process
settlement · technology · pool · grant · rights · bilateral · reciprocal · IP
Agreement or distribution
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- partnershipShared business arrangement
competitor · alliance · negotiation · antitrust · royalty-free · terms · counterparty · portfolio
Legally owned, restricted use
- open-sourceFreely viewable, editable code
- codebaseSoftware project's complete source
- APISoftware communication standard
- SDKProgramming tools bundle
interoperability · copyright · redistribution · derivative · bundling · OEM · vendor · compatibility
Combined into one
- formulationDevised mixture or expression
- genericNot brand-name
- biotechApplied biological engineering
- moleculeBonded atomic group
therapeutic · research · development · manufacturing · regulatory · exclusivity · biosimilar · clinical
royalty
Payment for usage rights
- agreementShared position between parties
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- infringementViolation of rights
litigation · settlement · technology · pool · grant · rights · bilateral · reciprocal · IP · terms
deal
Agreement or distribution
- mergerCorporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
partnership · competitor · alliance · negotiation · antitrust · royalty-free · terms · counterparty · portfolio · swap
proprietary
Legally owned, restricted use
- open-sourceFreely viewable, editable code
- codebaseSoftware project's complete source
- APISoftware communication standard
SDK · interoperability · copyright · redistribution · derivative · bundling · OEM · vendor · compatibility · integration
compound
Combined into one
- formulationDevised mixture or expression
- genericNot brand-name
- biotechApplied biological engineering
molecule · therapeutic · research · development · manufacturing · regulatory · exclusivity · biosimilar · clinical · commercialization
- licensingapplication fee, renewal fee, non-exclusive, sublicense, EULA
- patent lawpatent disputes, patent infringement, patent holders, patent rights, prior art
- patentspatent, patents, patent application, patent office, patent applications