Assertion: patent | /r/HasProperty | essential
Facets:
value: to a particular standard
type: OTHER
value: to complying with a standard
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: As required by the DOJ, patents in the pool must be essential, non-substitutable and the owners must maintain the right to individually license their patents.
text: Software developers and hardware manufacturers may be forced to pay license fees for standards that are covered by patents (the so-called essential patents).
text: If a standards organization fails to get licenses to all patents that are essential to complying with a standard, owners of the unlicensed patents may demand or sue for royalties from companies that adopt the standard.
text: Determining which patents are essential to a particular standard can be complex.