He held the IRS was barred from asserting a
royalty rate for 1979 and 1980 different from the royalty he imposed for 1977 and 1978 in the first Sundstrand case.
If not, Global worldwide suffers potential double taxation on the
royalty rate differential.
HEVC Advance, an autonomous licensing administrator, confirmed that, in response to market need, it has augmented its Patent License coverage to add a broad range of commercial items, that will be included to the present
royalty rate structure in the Connected Home and Other Device category.
According to the company, its second quarter 2014 royalty revenue was historically the highest amount of any quarter because the applicable tiered
royalty rate was 3%.
Sales of Avastin, Herceptin, Lucentis, Xolair and Perjeta are subject to a tiered
royalty rate for product that is made or sold in the US and a flat
royalty rate of 3% for product that is manufactured and sold outside of the US.
The
royalty rate for coal sold above $100/metric ton (mt) will be raised by 25% and introduce a new levy of 15% once the price hits $150/mt--a 50% increase.
The full ktMINE Findings report includes details on key aspects of intangibles licensing in this segment including the average number of
royalty rates per agreement, exclusivity of agreements, territorial coverage of agreements, spread of
royalty rate bases and first quartile, median and third quartile spread for net sales
royalty rates contained in the agreement set.
In a market like this," says one hard-lines licensee, "the guarantee becomes more questionable than the
royalty rate.
From January 1, 2018 a tiered
royalty rate will be introduced, with the
royalty rate determined by the Australian dollar price of gold.
For licensees in good standing, the
royalty rate for DVD Video players will be reduced from $2.
The licenses initially specified a 29%
royalty rate on devices and a 15% royalty on leads.
Oxbow, owner of the currently idled Elk Creek operation in Colorado, is holding on to a retroactive request for a reduction in its
royalty rate from both state and federal agencies, arguing it has mined coal since its initial 2012 submission that would have been too expensive to mine in the meantime if not for the upcoming reduction.
