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== Definitions ==
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=== Export control ===
   
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A '''license''' is the
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A ''license'' is an ''agreement'' by the owner of property (including [[intellectual property]]), which permits a person or legal entity to [[exploit]] that property in a manner which it could otherwise not legally do.
  
   
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{{Quote|authority issued by the [[Bureau of Industry and Security]] authorizing an [[export]], [[reexport]], or other regulated activity. The term “license” does not include authority represented by a “[[License Exception]].”<ref>U.S. [[Export Administration Regulations]], Part 772 (15 C.F.R. §772.1).</ref>}}
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A [[software license]], for example, may authorize the [[licensee]] to [[access]], [[use]], [[distribution|distribute]], perform, [[modification|modify]], and/or [[reproduction|reproduce]] the [[software]], but [[express]]ly limit the access or [[authorized]] uses or [[express]]ly [[license grant|grant]] fewer than all [[rights]] in the [[software]], whether or not the transferee has [[title]] to a [[license]]d copy.
 
   
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=== General ===
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The term can also include an [[access contract]], the [[lease]] of a [[computer program]], and the [[consignment]] of a [[copy]].
  
   
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A '''license''' is an [[agreement]] by the owner of property (including [[intellectual property]]), under which a third party is permitted to [[exploit]] that property in a manner which it could otherwise not legally do.
   
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=== Intellectual property license ===
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An '''intellectual property license''' is a grant of permission to use the owner's [[intellectual property]]. It does not convey ownership rights in the intellectual property, which remain with the [[licensor]].
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{{Quote|[I]t is well settled that where a copyright owner transfers a copy of copyrighted material, retains title, limits the uses to which the material may be put, and is compensated periodically based on the transferee’s exploitation of the material, the transaction is a license.<ref>E.F.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records, 621 F.3d 958 (9th Cir. 2010) ([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=995096046873007000&q=621+F.3d+958+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,5 full-text]).</ref>}}
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A license is necessary if, without one, the [[licensee]] would be liable for infringement of an intellectual property right.
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=== Patent license ===
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A '''patent license''' is
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{{Quote|[[authorization]] by the [[patent holder]] to practice the claimed [[invention]], including, but not limited to, a [[covenant not-to-sue]] and a [[covenant not-to-assert]].<ref>[[Patent Assertion Entity Activity: An FTC Study]], at A-2.</ref>}}
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=== Software license ===
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A [[software license]], for example, may authorize the [[licensee]] to [[access]], use, [[distribute]], [[perform]], [[modification|modify]], and/or [[reproduce]] the [[software]], but expressly limit the [[access]] or [[authorized]] uses or expressly [[license grant|grant]] fewer than all rights in the [[software]], whether or not the [[licensee]] has [[title]] to a licensed copy.
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=== Telecommunications ===
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A '''license''' is
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{{Quote| a document issued by the relevant authority authorizing the use of a [[radio station]] or equipment and/or [[radio frequencies]] to provide [[electronic communication]] services under standard conditions (a class license) or [[authorizing]] the construction ownership and exploitation of an [[electronic communication network]] or service when the number of such [[network]]s or services must be limited and specific conditions of use are attached (individual rights of use).<ref>[[Report to the President: Realizing the Full Potential of Government-held Spectrum to Spur Economic Growth]], at 143.</ref>}}
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=== U.S. copyright law ===
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A '''license''' is
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{{Quote|[a]n [[agreement]] by which a party grants another party one or more rights (but fewer than all rights), usually limited to a particular territory and/or time period. A license may be granted as an [[exclusive license]] or a [[nonexclusive license]].<ref>[[Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition]], Glossary, at 10.</ref>}}
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== References ==
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== See also ==
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* [[Blanket license]]
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* [[Broadcast license]]
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* [[Browsewrap license]]
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* [[Clickwrap license]]
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* [[Compulsory license]]
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* [[Concurrent license]]
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* [[Copyright license]]
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* [[Cross-licensing]]
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* [[End user license agreement]]
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* [[General Public License]]
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* [[Government Purpose License Rights]]
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* [[License fee]]
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* [[License grant]]
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* [[Licensed software]]
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* [[Mechanical license]]
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* [[Naked license]]
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* [[Non-exclusive license]]
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* [[Open license]]
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* [[Patent license]]
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* [[Permanent license]]
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* [[Perpetual license]]
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* [[Public license]]
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* [[Shrinkwrap license]]
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* [[Site license]]
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* [[Software license]]
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* [[Spectrum license]]
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* [[Statutory license]]
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* [[Sublicense]]
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* [[Trademark license]]
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[[Category:Export control]]

Latest revision as of 05:08, 23 April 2019

Definitions[]

Export control[]

A license is the

“ authority issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security authorizing an export, reexport, or other regulated activity. The term “license” does not include authority represented by a “License Exception.”[1] ”

General[]

A license is an agreement by the owner of property (including intellectual property), under which a third party is permitted to exploit that property in a manner which it could otherwise not legally do.

Intellectual property license[]

An intellectual property license is a grant of permission to use the owner's intellectual property. It does not convey ownership rights in the intellectual property, which remain with the licensor.

“ [I]t is well settled that where a copyright owner transfers a copy of copyrighted material, retains title, limits the uses to which the material may be put, and is compensated periodically based on the transferee’s exploitation of the material, the transaction is a license.[2] ”

A license is necessary if, without one, the licensee would be liable for infringement of an intellectual property right.

Patent license[]

A patent license is

“ authorization by the patent holder to practice the claimed invention, including, but not limited to, a covenant not-to-sue and a covenant not-to-assert.[3] ”

Software license[]

A software license, for example, may authorize the licensee to access, use, distribute, perform, modify, and/or reproduce the software, but expressly limit the access or authorized uses or expressly grant fewer than all rights in the software, whether or not the licensee has title to a licensed copy.

Telecommunications[]

A license is

“ a document issued by the relevant authority authorizing the use of a radio station or equipment and/or radio frequencies to provide electronic communication services under standard conditions (a class license) or authorizing the construction ownership and exploitation of an electronic communication network or service when the number of such networks or services must be limited and specific conditions of use are attached (individual rights of use).[4] ”

U.S. copyright law[]

A license is

“ [a]n agreement by which a party grants another party one or more rights (but fewer than all rights), usually limited to a particular territory and/or time period. A license may be granted as an exclusive license or a nonexclusive license.[5] ”

References[]

  1. ↑ U.S. Export Administration Regulations, Part 772 (15 C.F.R. §772.1).
  2. ↑ E.F.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records, 621 F.3d 958 (9th Cir. 2010) (full-text).
  3. ↑ Patent Assertion Entity Activity: An FTC Study, at A-2.
  4. ↑ Report to the President: Realizing the Full Potential of Government-held Spectrum to Spur Economic Growth, at 143.
  5. ↑ Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition, Glossary, at 10.

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