From: "Ransom Wuller" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 2:20:57 PM
That’s a good question. The license was only good for three years (based on a leaked example) and it relied on products being available for sale, otherwise it had no value. If IH had no plans for production during the remaining window (1 year or so), the license would have been worthless save for the right of the licensee to sue Rossi. Just speculating but the choice may have been to accept no sales through the term (with some hope to extend in the future), sue or a buyout. Just speculation on my part. I haven't found the text yet, but here's a report on Roger Green's Australia/Asia license :
