What restrictions does the reciprocity clause place on Participants, Subscribers, and non-members?
A. The Reciprocity clause in the EPCglobal 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 EPCglobal Subscriber) 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 Specification as that requiring a license from the Participant. The reciprocity clause limits a Subscriber’s rights without the Subscriber 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 EPCglobal IP Policy is not given to non-Subscribers of EPCglobal.
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