Patent License
Model Patent License
The Model Patent License (final branding has not been decided upon yet) is a simple and streamlined CC legal tool for licensing patents. It was originally developed to enable the standard licensing of patented technologies that have the potential to promote sustainability for the GX project, but Creative Commons will host and maintain it as a standard CC legal tool, so that will be made available for free to any member of the public to use for any purpose even outside of the context of GX.
Goals
The principle goals of the Model Patent License are:
- to facilitate standardized "public offers" to license patents in order to reduce negotiation costs and risks;
- to promote technologies that have the potential to improve global sustainability or public health; and
- to make increase the number of patent licenses available broadly for innovative and entrepreneurial uses.
Features
- Non-Exclusive License
The License is a non-exclusive patent license. That means that the patent owner can grant many licenses to different parties. Exclusive and non-exclusive licenses serve different purposes. In contrast to an exclusive licenses, which grants exclusive control over commercialization to a single entity, a non-exclusive license can be used to "unblock" a larger number of licensees who wish to practice the invention, but who do not need the financial incentive of exclusivity to take the invention to market.
