FAQs - BiOS Agreements
How do BiOS-compliant agreements work?
What is a 'protected commons'?
Is using open source technology any different from putting the technology into the public domain?
Why bother to obtain a BiOS license?
What happens when researchers use patented technology without licenses?
How can a business make a profit using technology obtained under a BiOS-compatible agreement?
Do BiOS-compatible agreements allow patenting of improvements?
Who would want a BiOS license?
To what entities is a BiOS-type agreement available?
What types of technology are available under BiOS licenses now?
Can other technology be made available for use under the license?
Does a BiOS license cover only patented technologies?
Is there a research exemption?
How do I obtain a BiOS license?
Will a BiOS-compatible agreement encourage investment?
Why bother to obtain a BiOS license?
Without a license you may be infringing valid patent rights. Licenses to many patents are difficult to obtain, but the BiOS license is available to any entity that agrees to its conditions.
The benefits to BiOS licensees are both economic and non-economic:
- ability to access the intelligence, creativity, goodwill, and testing facilities of a larger and wider community of researchers and innovators;
- decreased transactions costs relative to out-licensing or obtaining technology via bilateral license agreements;
- portfolio growth through synergies obtained by combining pieces of technology that may, by themselves, be too small to make a profit, or lack sufficient freedom to operate or enablement;
- high leverage of costly investments in obtaining proofs of concept, developing improvements, and obtaining regulatory and utility data
- ability to commercialise products without an additional royalty burden
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