While out-licensing has occurred over the years, this was because the out-licensed drug would not generate meaningful sales for a large company.
This follows on the heels of Pfizer out-licensing another oncology drug, CP-870-893, an anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody, to VLST Corporation.
It was created in 2004 merely to help develop the design for new reactors and to test out the licensing process.
But sources say Sun and the alliance, staffed by both Sun and Netscape employees, are in the process of working out a licensing deal for the Netscape technology.
With so many options available to both parties, one has to wonder why Apple and Samsung did not simply work out a licensing agreement that could have prevented the two companies from ever going to trial.
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Perhaps, but again I think that would mean licensing out BB10 to other manufacturers.
Says Ives, "We're trying to be an arms dealer" for the bigger search companies, licensing out its technology.
To that end it has been licensing out the Playboy name and rabbit ears for a range of products.
In 1824 the Court struck down a New York law licensing out-of-state steamboats, calling it an infringement of federal powers.
Ms Clibbon questioned the decision to take liquor licensing out of the courts' jurisdiction, saying it had been placed in the "unsteady grasp" of borough councillors.
The Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ) is getting in on the action, producing games based on its movies and characters, as well as licensing out properties from other companies to turn into games.
Individually licensing out Star Wars games to different publishers and developers might have ushered in a variety of creative ideas and directions for the franchise, but locking out anyone that isn't affiliated with Electronic Arts seems like a commitment to the same old, same old.
What will BlackBerry get out of such a licensing arrangement?
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As it happens, Monsanto has been quite generous with its intellectual property, licensing it out to both competitors and seed manufacturers alike since it first entered the biotech seed market with a huge investment in the 1990s.
Whether the licensing will work out as well as Kodak management hopes is an open question.
As Russia seeks to join the World Trade Organization, it may be forced to step in line with international copyright licensing and stamp out sites like AllofMP3.
Earlier this month, the companies exchanged proposals about hammering out some sort of global licensing agreement over standard essential patents, and both seem to agree that binding arbitration is the way to go.
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Via Licensing, a recent spin-out of Dolby Laboratories (DLB) is building a group patent holders to form a LTE-based patent and licensing consortium.
He struck licensing deal after deal, rolling out watches, T shirts, jeans and other gewgaws emblazoned with L.A. Gear's name.
Angry Birds has figured it out, leading the pack with a robust licensing program offering products that appeal to users despite their age.
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However, licensing content for distribution through streaming works out to be more expensive for Netflix than through DVD distribution.
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"We've worked out what it would cost - not just to reduce the amount of paper we're producing every day but to wipe it out, " says Caroline Kimbell, head of licensing at the National Archives, the official archive of the UK government.
The government can control the industry and keep out mass-market safari companies because it has strict licensing guidelines for travel companies.
But other vote-catching manifesto promises - including a ban on tobacco advertising and the relaxing of licensing laws - are likely to be left out.
Police and licensing board staff visited 203 licensed premises and carried out test purchases.
Opening the market to foreign competition offers a good excuse to eliminate the restrictions on out-of-state companies that exist due to state licensing laws.
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"That is entirely a matter for the police and licensing authority and therefore they should not take it out on me when I next go there for a drink, " he joked.
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But it's not just the licensing process and the culture of workaholism that push women out.
Kramer said Digitude has already done a licensing deal with one company and it will do one more before rolling out a program that will include a litigation component.
"The public perception has been that solid-state will take over the world and run disk makers out of business, but you can't bring that product to market without licensing disk drive technology, " said WilliamWatkinsWilliam Watkins, Seagate's chief executive, in an interview with Forbes.
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