Microsoft Corp. and SINA Corp. today announced a technology licensing agreement on the Chinese Couplet Generator technology — one of several cutting-edge natural language processing innovations created at Microsoft Research Asia.

Microsoft Corp. and Nikon Corp. have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement to further the development of each company’s current and future product lines.

Microsoft Corp. and Onkyo Corp. have signed a broad patent cross-licensing agreement that will enable significant technological innovation in high-quality home entertainment and enhance the overall user experience.

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Vette Corp ("Vette"), a global provider of thermal management solutions, announced a series of agreements for Vette to license IBM's Rear Door Heat eXchanger water-cooling technology.

HP and Mouscan, a Korea-based start-up company with scanning and mouse expertise, announced a licensing agreement that will offer people a way to listen to printed text.

Microsoft Corp. and Olympus Corp. have signed a broad patent cross-licensing agreement to further the development of each company’s current and future product lines. Financial terms of the cross-licensing agreement have not been disclosed.

NEC Corporation has licensed its Canadian and U.S. digital microwave radio ("DMR") patents and counterpart patents in other countries to the Canadian provider of high-capacity wireless Ethernet equipment used in emerging IP networks, DragonWave Inc. Through the patent license agreement, NEC and DragonWave have also agreed not to assert their respective DMR patents against each other in the future.

Microsoft Corp. and Cadence Design Systems Inc. have entered a patent cross-licensing agreement, expanding on a long-standing relationship between the two companies. The agreement allows broad access to each company’s respective patent portfolios to facilitate future technical collaboration in areas of common interest to both companies.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Barr Systems, LLC, today announced that Barr Systems will license Canon's innovative Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform (MEAP) Software Developers Kit.

Nokia and STMicroelectronics today announced their intention to deepen their collaboration on the licensing and supply of integrated circuit designs and modem technologies for 3G and its evolution. The two companies also are negotiating a plan relating to transferring a part of Nokia's Integrated Circuit (IC) operations to STMicroelectronics.

Microsoft Corp. and Weta Digital Ltd., an Academy Award-winning visual effects company, announced a licensing agreement that will enhance Weta’s ability to create graphics and special effects for its movie, commercial and other multimedia productions.