Cross-Licensing: A Game For Two?


The Register reports today that Autodesk and Microsoft have signed a cross-licensing understanding that volition give each society broader access to the other's patent portfolio. Terms of the deal, which is reported to possess got taken 6 months to hammer out, were kept nether wraps. The bargain expands the orbit of their co-operation into novel areas including information management, digital effects, digital rights management, computer-aided pattern in addition to location-based services. Brad Smith, full general counsel for Microsoft, said the bargain was expert for customers of both companies because it expanded each company's achieve on what he called "commercially reasonable terms". He added:

"Intellectual belongings licensing is a cornerstone of today's software manufacture in addition to is essential for the evolution of comprehensive engineering scientific discipline solutions".

Brad Smith: cross-licensing "good for customers of both companies"

This understanding is business office of a larger endeavor from Microsoft to extend its intellectual belongings portfolio. The society has several other cross-licensing deals already signed, including agreements alongside Cisco, SAP in addition to Siemens. According to CNet, it is currently inwards talks alongside to a greater extent than than 10 other companies, in addition to wants to sign a many equally xxx to a greater extent than deals over the side past times side 5 years.

is cagey virtually cross-licensing agreements inwards the high-tech sector, afterward watching how the major players inwards the telecoms champaign possess got indulged inwards a bird of cross-licensing that makes it effectively impossible for novel players to come inwards the marketplace if they don't possess got their ain portfolio of patents to throw into the pool. Merpel asks:

"don't the regime that regulate contest possess got something to nation on deals similar this?"
More cross-licensing deals here, here, here and here
Patent pools here and here

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