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sublicense

sublicense

1 6.8
Permission from the rights holder to let someone else use those rights
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌbɪˌlaɪns/
  • Specialized
: sublicencia
  • After reviewing the contract, she discovered that the sublicense allowed her to share the graphics with other designers.

Examples

  • The company obtained a sublicense to distribute the software to its clients.

  • You own the stuff you put up, and they get the sublicenses.

    Blog text (8)

  • Transcendental Meditation and TM are service marks registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office, licensed to Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation and used under sublicense.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The price of this asset lockup would be royalty payments: Parametric would receive a 6% royalty on net sales of such products and 30% from any sublicenses that Turtle Beach negotiated.

    Academic text (2017)

  • His agreement included a sublicense for the use of the patented technology in their new project.

Surface Forms

sublicense singular
sublicenses plural

Morphology

sublicense = license (transparent) = sub + license

The prefix 'sub-' clearly indicates a secondary or subordinate license derived from the main license.

Etymology

Sublicense comes from sub- meaning 'under', like in subway, and license meaning 'permission'. So a sublicense is a permission given by someone who already has a license, a permission 'under' the original one.