High Definition Audio Adopter Agreement
This is a royalty-free, reciprocal patent license for parties who wish to make use of the interface described in the Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) Specification Revision 1.x in their products. When Adopter’s authorized representative signs this Agreement and delivers it to Intel, this Agreement will be legally binding and will extend to all Fellow Adopters.
Definitions: As used in this Agreement,
• “Adopter” is the party identified at the bottom of this Agreement.
• “Fellow Adopters” are Intel Corporation (“Intel”) and any other entity which executes or has executed and delivered to Intel Corporation a substantially identical counterpart of this Agreement, including any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Fellow Adopter, so long as such control exists.
• The “Specification” is the final version of the specification described by Intel in the document entitled “High Definition Audio Specification, Revision 1.x” (where ‘1.x’ will indicate an initial Revision 1.0, and any subsequent updated Revision versions up to and including Revision 1.9, as released by Intel), which has been or will be published by Intel (and excluding all subsets or extensions).
• The “High Definition Audio Interfaces” are the electrical interfaces, links, controller(s) and bus control protocol(s) disclosed in, and required by the Specification.
“Interface Claims” means claims of a patent or patent application, which are owned or controlled by a party at any time during the term of this Agreement, that are necessarily and unavoidably infringed in order to comply with the High Definition Audio Interfaces. “Interface Claims” does not include: (a) claims relating to manufacturing technology; (b) claims to any enabling technologies which are not defined in the Specification and may be necessary to make or use any product or portion thereof in compliance with the High Definition Audio Interfaces; (c) claims covering the use or implementation of other specifications, technical documentation or technology merely referred to in the High Definition Audio Interfaces; (d) claims not required to be infringed in complying with the High Definition Audio Interfaces (even if in the same patent as Interface Claims); or (e) claims which, if licensed, would require a payment of royalties to unaffiliated third parties.
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High Definition Audio Adopter Agreement
This is a royalty-free, reciprocal patent license for parties who wish to make use of the interface described in the Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) Specification Revision 1.x in their products. When Adopter’s authorized representative signs this Agreement and delivers it to Intel, this Agreement will be legally binding and will extend to all Fellow Adopters.
Definitions: As used in this Agreement,
• “Adopter” is the party identified at the bottom of this Agreement.
• “Fellow Adopters” are Intel Corporation (“Intel”) and any other entity which executes or has executed and delivered to Intel Corporation a substantially identical counterpart of this Agreement, including any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Fellow Adopter, so long as such control exists.
• The “Specification” is the final version of the specification described by Intel in the document entitled “High Definition Audio Specification, Revision 1.x” (where ‘1.x’ will indicate an initial Revision 1.0, and any subsequent updated Revision versions up to and including Revision 1.9, as released by Intel), which has been or will be published by Intel (and excluding all subsets or extensions).
• The “High Definition Audio Interfaces” are the electrical interfaces, links, controller(s) and bus control protocol(s) disclosed in, and required by the Specification.
“Interface Claims” means claims of a patent or patent application, which are owned or controlled by a party at any time during the term of this Agreement, that are necessarily and unavoidably infringed in order to comply with the High Definition Audio Interfaces. “Interface Claims” does not include: (a) claims relating to manufacturing technology; (b) claims to any enabling technologies which are not defined in the Specification and may be necessary to make or use any product or portion thereof in compliance with the High Definition Audio Interfaces; (c) claims covering the use or implementation of other specifications, technical documentation or technology merely referred to in the High Definition Audio Interfaces; (d) claims not required to be infringed in complying with the High Definition Audio Interfaces (even if in the same patent as Interface Claims); or (e) claims which, if licensed, would require a payment of royalties to unaffiliated third parties.
Read the full High Definition Audio Adopter Agreement.
