In the first nine months of the year, Idec took in $16 million from one-time royalty and licensing fees and $7 million from research contracts.
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RICV could thus be objectively computed for every one-time or royalty-bearing IP licensing deal to estimate the sales revenue that firms generate from IP commercialisation.
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For each site, the local partner pays a one-time premium and a royalty fee based on site content that the partner sells.
For instance, one basic question was how royalties should differ from a song streamed on a one-time basis, versus one sold to be kept on a hard drive, versus one that could be copied to portable devices.
The licensees offering one-time payments avoid paying royalties or licensing for defensive reasons, while the others making upfront and royalty-bearing payments hope to increase their upside as their sales are expected to be robust.
In June, the Finnish cellphone maker Nokia settled a two-year global patent fight with Apple over smartphone technology through a licensing agreement that would commit Apple to a one-time payment and regular royalties.
Florian Mueller, an independent specialist and blogger on patent battles, said that "the deal structure – a one-time payment as well as running royalties – suggests a fairly good outcome for Nokia".
Under the settlement agreement, Apple will pay a one-time fee as well as on-going royalties to license patents from the Helsinki, Finland-based mobile phone maker.
