when the company signs a fix fee lic.... the money paid/collected is regardless of volume.
they go on projections on unit volume for the rate. if they insist on some kind of volume escalator to adjust the rate or monies paid, could it also not work the other way? i.e. what if in exchange for the volume escalator clause, the manufacturer also wants it backwards...
give some money back if they don't sell anything (especially for new market entrants) close to the predicted volume.
so does idcc insist on hybrid model (good or bad) or just take the fixed fee monies?
apparently, they do the latter.
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