Kommt auf die Details des Vertrags an, aber im letzten Form 10-K von Liquid Metal Technologies heißt es :
"Apple License Transaction On August 5, 2010, the Company entered into a license transaction with Apple Inc. (“Apple”) pursuant to which (i) the Company contributed substantially allof its intellectual property assets to a newly organized special-purpose, wholly-owned subsidiary, called Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC (“CIP”), (ii) CIPgranted to Apple a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license to commercialize such intellectual property in the field of consumer electronic products,as defined in the license agreement, in exchange for a license fee, and (iii) CIP granted back to the Company a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusivelicense to commercialize such intellectual property in all other fields of use. Additionally, in connection with the license transaction, Apple required theCompany to complete a statement of work related to the exchange of Liquidmetal intellectual property information. The Company recognized a portion of theone-time license fee upon receipt of the initial payment and completion of the foregoing requirements under the license transaction. The remaining portion of theone-time license fee was recognized at the completion of the required statement of work.
Under the agreements relating to the license transaction with Apple, the Company is obligated to contribute all intellectual property that it developed throughFebruary 2012 (and subsequently amended to extend through February 2014) to CIP. The Company is also obligated to maintain certain limited liabilitycompany formalities with respect to CIP at all times after the closing of the license transaction. "
Das heißt, im Bereich Unterhaltungselektronik wird wohl kein anderer HErsteller drauf zugreifen dürfen, und LQMT selbst verfolgt im Wesentlichen Medical, Non-Consumer Electronics, Sports und Aerospace/Defense.