What restrictions does the reciprocity clause place on Participants, Members, and non-members?
The Reciprocity clause in the GS1 MobileCom IP Policy states that the patent licenses (whether royalty free or RAND licensing) granted by Participants under Sections 3.1 and 3.4 of the IP Policy will not be effective to any party (particularly an GS1 Member) that does not make patent license grants of the type in Section 3.1 or 3.4 available on substantially equivalent respective terms with respect to the same Standard/Specification as that requiring a license from the Participant. The reciprocity clause limits a Member’s rights without the Member executing the IP Policy, by restricting the license granted by a signing Participant. The patent license grant under Section 3.1 or 3.4 of the GS1 MobileCom IP Policy is not given to non-Members of GS1.
