"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.
"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 William Watkins , Seagate's chief executive, in an interview with Forbes.
The publishers argue that their websites and other digital businesses that generate revenue through advertising, subscriptions and licensing fees are threatened if other companies can distribute their content without paying licensing fees.
This permitted Indian drug companies to reverse-engineer Western pharmaceuticals without paying licensing fees.
In its lawsuit, the AP alleged that Meltwater News had been pilfering current and past material from the AP and other news providers without paying licensing fees.
The publishers said the ability of companies to distribute their content without paying licensing fees jeopardized their websites and other digital businesses that generate revenue through advertising, subscriptions and licensing fees.
The AP sued the company, which monitors the media for corporate customers, last year, alleging that it copies AP content and sells it to clients without paying AP licensing fees.
It's basic, but it represents pretty much what all these new operating systems are supposed to be: ways of getting functionality that is at least close to Android but without all the licensing costs associated with running Google services.
The AP sued Meltwater U.S. Holdings Inc. and its Meltwater News Service in U.S. District Court for the Southern District in Manhattan last February, alleging that the company copies AP content and sells it to clients without paying AP licensing fees.
That allows it to explore partnerships, spin-offs and licensing agreements without having to get its parent's permission.
With more than 38 million registered users, SoundCloud is fast becoming a primary means of music distribution for artists large and small, all of whom can publish music as they please without worrying about complicated licensing agreements.
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Theaters across the world were invited to stage the works over a one-week period without having to fork over licensing fees.
Landlords will be able to extend their opening hours up to 0100 BST across two nights without needing permission from local licensing authorities.
Gene patents are potentially even more lucrative and the challenge here is the patent protection that prevents other companies from advancing genetic research without paying a royalty or licensing fee.
Myhrvold's firm could represent the high-tech business model of the future, earning rich licensing fees from ideas without putting capital into factories.
But the IPCC found it "unacceptable" and "inconceivable" that they were returned without Atherton or his family being formally interviewed by licensing staff.
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Licensing fees for companies attempting to promote home-grown intellectual property--games without Spider-Man, for instance, or NFL teams--may drop down to zero.
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