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So, what if you are the inventor of a patent on company A, then you get hired or create company B, which uses your patented inventions on company A?

You won't give them permission to sue you..



They wouldn't be violating under the terms of this agreement - they're granted a perpetual license.

But unless I'm misunderstanding you I believe you're missing the point. This is pretty much written with the assumption that engineers wouldn't grant permission to a first strike action whoever it were against and that that's fine.

It's turning patents into tools weapons that can only be used for retaliation.




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