Sentence examples for patent agreements from inspiring English sources

The European Commission, which is the European Union's antitrust regulator, said Friday that it had a number of investigations under way within the drug industry and in general was "looking at the so-called pay-for-delay patent agreements".

They have supported the extension of patent agreements that guarantee high profits for Western pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Merck while depriving African governments of the drugs they need to fight an AIDS epidemic.

The current list of Microsoft's patent agreements include Samsung, HTC, Wistron, Quanta, Acer and General Dynamics Itronix.

Apple responds by pointing out that they've got patent agreements with Lodsys, and that covers anyone working on iOS.

In the end, it's the consumer who pays for these fights with increased fees for new patent agreements and lawsuits.

Indeed, Nest has already filed a counter-claim against Honeywell, and these patent agreements could add clout to that.

In a statement, Facebook said it will review the Innovator's Patent Agreement.

But the long, tortuous route to the patent agreement might also serve as a cautionary tale.

With the IPA (Innovator's Patent Agreement) employees can be assured that their patents will only be used as a shield rather than as a weapon.

The new patent agreement states that any patent awarded to an employee at Twitter cannot be use offensively, even after the employee has left the company.

The companies also announced they had entered into a multiyear patent agreement but did not provide financial details of the arrangement.