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The clause creates a strong disincentive against patent litigation targeting the Model by making the filing of such a suit the automatic trigger for loss of the licensee's own patent rights under the License.
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If you initiate patent litigation alleging the Model or Complementary Material infringes your patent, you lose the patent licenses DeepSeek granted you.
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On termination for any reason all rights granted to you in connection with the App shall cease, you must immediately delete or remove the App from your devices.
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"If You institute patent litigation against any entity...alleging that the Model and/or Complementary Material constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to You...shall terminate...Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
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The clause creates a strong disincentive against patent litigation targeting the Model by making the filing of such a suit the automatic trigger for loss of the licensee's own patent rights under the License.
If you initiate patent litigation alleging the Model or Complementary Material infringes your patent, you lose the patent licenses DeepSeek granted you.
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