<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">However, what I do not want to see is a situation where we permit the desire to lease space as a justification for obtaining space through the transfer market (or</div><div class="">any other mechanism). If you want to leas space you already have, then fine. But the desire to lease space in and of itself should not qualify as “utilization” or</div><div class="">“need” in evaluation of any form of resource request.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br class=""></div><div>This ^ is absolutely the main point.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I would also say that any situation where an allocator has no other IP-related business than leasing of IPs should be grounds for revocation.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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