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This document (”OpenlinkIQ Implementation Guide”) is an integral part of the document (”OpenlinkIQ Specification”) and is in the following referred to as the OpenlinkIQ Specification.
The information within this document (”OpenlinkIQ Specification”) is the property of KAMSTRUP A/S. The OpenlinkIQ Specification specifies the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol and is made available by KAMSTRUP A/S, free of charge, to any IMPLEMENTER for the purpose of implementing products including the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol. KAMSTRUP A/S reserves the right to release and publish new versions of the OpenlinkIQ Specification without further notice.
THE OPENLINKIQ SPECIFICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES. Any use of the OpenlinkIQ Specification is on the IMPLEMENTER’S own risk. The OpenlinkIQ Specification is provided with no warranty of quality or performance. KAMSTRUP A/S AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO ANY IMPLEMENTER OR THIRD PARTY FOR DAMAGES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE OPENLINKIQ SPECIFICATION OR PRODUCTS INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE OPENLINKIQ COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL.
The OpenlinkIQ Specification does not contain or create any warranties by Kamstrup A/S and its affiliates regarding compliance to national or international laws, regulations, directives and standards such as, but not limited to, telecommunication regulations, safety regulations and metering regulations. KAMSTRUP A/S AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY TO ANY IMPLEMENTER OR THIRD PARTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, REGULATIONS, DIRECTIVES AND STANDARDS.
The OpenlinkIQ Specification may in whole or in part be subject to third party intellectual property rights including, but not limited to, patent rights, copyrights and/or trademark rights. KAMSTRUP A/S AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING OR FOR NOT INFORMING ABOUT SUCH THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. KAMSTRUP A/S AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY TO ANY IMPLEMENTER OR THIRD PARTY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS RELATED TO THE USE OF THE OPENLINKIQ SPECIFICATION OR PRODUCTS INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE OPENLINKIQ COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL, INCLUDING DERIVED OR MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE OPENLINKIQ COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL.
BY USE OF THE OPENLINKIQ SPECIFICATION AND/OR THE OPENLINKIQ COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ANY IMPLEMENTER OR THIRD PARTY WAIVES ANY CLAIM AGAINST KAMSTRUP A/S AND ITS AFFILIATES RELATED TO ANY USE OF THE OPENLINKIQ SPECIFICATION AND OPENLINKIQ COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL.
KAMSTRUP A/S as the proprietor of the following patents: EP 3 072 308 B1, US 9 912 441 B2, CN 105 765 991 B and EP 3 482 511 A1 hereby declares to grant to any IMPLEMETOR a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive and free of charge license on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions to the mentioned patents to make, use and sell products including implementations of the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol according to the OpenlinkIQ Specification.
KAMSTRUP A/S as the proprietor of the following trademarks: OpenlinkIQ® and the OpenlinkIQ logo declares to grant a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive and free of charge license to the mentioned trademarks to any IMPLEMENTER to mark and promote products including implementations of the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol according to the OpenlinkIQ Specification.
A license to the abovementioned patents and trademarks to an IMPLEMENTER is granted under the condition that all products including the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol made, used or sold by the IMPLEMENTER complies to the OpenlinkIQ Specification in its entirety.
FURTHER, A LICENSE TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS IS GRANTED UNDER THE CONDITION OF THE IMPLEMENTER’S WILLINGNESS TO GRANT A LICENSE ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO ANY IMPLEMENTER OWNED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OR TO THE OPTIMAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPENLINKIQ COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ACCORDING TO THE OPENLINKIQ SPECIFICATION.
KAMSTRUP A/S reserves the right to introduce a product certification procedure to ascertain that certified products including the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol complies with the OpenlinkIQ Specification and to make certification of products including implementations of the OpenlinkIQ Communication Protocol a further condition for granting licenses to the abovementioned intellectual property rights.
This declaration by KAMSTRUP A/S of a license to intellectual property rights does not include any other IPR than the abovementioned. Explicitly the trademarks Kamstrup® and LinkIQ® and any patents owned by KAMSTRUP A/S other than EP 3 072 308 B1, US 9 912 441 B2, CN 105 765 991 B and EP 3 482 511 A1 are excluded from the license.
KAMSTRUP A/S reserves the right to change the licensing terms and conditions without notice.
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