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		pault on July 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC) So if a company in france writes open source software that infringes on a US software patent, and a company in the US bundles that source code in a product, is the US company liable for damages?

pas on July 6, 2020 | [–]

Yes. The company distributing the work has to make sure it has licenses for any required parts.

realusername on July 7, 2020 | [–]

Yes, that's exactly how it works, the US company is responsible for following the US laws.

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