RE: Sierra 737 patent granted11 Apr 2023 12:50
HBD: From my own review of the IP related clauses in the Sierra/CPF agreement, I believe the situation is:
1). The CPF gets a perpetual, 'do what ever they want with it' license to any 'arising IP'. With, in this case, the arising IP being the new 737 related patents that Sierra filed for.
2). This means that the CPF are free to on-license against those new patents.
Where things can potentially come apart, is if Sierra/GSK decide not to maintain these new patents and they lapse. In that case the new patents IP becomes free for anyone to use. I'm thus hoping that the CPF and Sierra/GSK work out some sort of commercial arrangement to make sure that doesn't happen. This is of course assuming that these new patents really do offer something of value.
Bill.