Quote Originally Posted by god_43 View Post
ah my young friend, you skipped over the part about x86 companies allowed to change control, and their licenses do not become void. they are also allowed to form joint ventures and mergers as well.
B. In the event the Designated Intel Competitor undergoes a “change of control” (as defined in the relevant Designated Intel Competitor Patent Agreement) that is publicly announced or a Designated Intel Competitor otherwise notifies Respondent that it has undergone a change of control within five (5) days of such change of control:

1. for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the change of control, Respondent shall not initiate patent litigation against the party acquiring the Designated Intel Competitor (“Acquiring Entity”) with respect to products previously manufactured by or acquired from the Designated Intel Competitor, unless the Designated Intel Competitor and/or the Acquiring Entity or another entity controlled by one of them has first filed any suit against Respondent;

2. within ten (10) days from the date of the change of control, Respondent shall offer to enter into a written, reciprocal Standstill Agreement with the Acquiring Entity, such Standstill Agreement to comprise the following terms:

a. Respondent and the Acquiring Entity shall enter into good faith negotiations regarding the future patent relationship, if any, between them;

b. to facilitate those good faith negotiations, for a period of one year from the change of control, neither Respondent nor the Acquiring Entity (or any Affiliate of either of them) shall initiate patent litigation against the other or any Affiliate thereof;

c. the Standstill Agreement shall not act as a license or provide any patent or other intellectual property rights or defenses to any person or party, either expressly or by implication, estoppel, exhaustion, license, waiver, laches or otherwise; and

d. Respondent shall afford the Acquiring Entity not less than ten (10) days from receipt of Respondent’s written offer to accept in writing the offered Standstill Agreement.

e. For purposes of this Section, “Affiliate” means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by, under common control with, or that controls the subject entity.
I saw that part, but that is just a Standstill Agreement, it's not forcing Intel to offer the new company a license, only that they have negotiate a new agreement... the negotiations could fail knowing the arrogance of these companies.

That's how I read it at least.