Royalty Free Patent Covenant benefiting Implementations of Specifications Sample Clauses

Royalty Free Patent Covenant benefiting Implementations of Specifications. Each Member and Contributor, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, covenants not to assert its Covered Claims against any Covered Product created by the Consortium, by any Member, or by any other party; provided however that the covenant may be suspended or terminated with regard to any Member or any other party that asserts a patent in litigation against a Covered Product or otherwise knowingly asserts or initiates a lawsuit which would assert that any Covered Products would infringe a patent owned or controlled by it, unless such Member or third party withdraws the patent assertions promptly after being informed that the assertions are being made against a Covered Product. In addition, upon request the Member or Contributor agrees to grant a nonexclusive, worldwide, non- sublicensable, perpetual, royalty-free patent license under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms to its Covered Claims, to make, have made, use, market, import, offer to sell, and sell, and to otherwise directly or indirectly distribute Covered Products. The Contributor intends that the above covenant will be available for Covered Products, and will survive after assignment of any Covered Claims, by binding future assignees or by some other method.