united-states intellectual-property
Can a non-profit organization use a patent without paying a licensing fee if it makes no money on its own invention?
<p>Can a non-profit organization use a patent without paying a licensing fee if it makes no money on its own invention? Let's assume that the company designs a chip based on the x86 architecture and then makes the design open-source. Will the non-profit company have to pay Intel for using the x86 architecture or not? Assume that this is in the United States.</p>

<h2 id="patents-give-exclusive-rights-to-their-owner-fe6z">Patents give exclusive rights to their owner</h2>
<p>It doesn’t matter who wants to use it, they need the owner’s permission.</p>
