Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-110.33.230.229-20150327050225/@comment-26653902-20150830232106

I don't know how licensing agreements work in Japan, but I'm going to guess it's not too different from how they work in the US: http://intellectual-property.lawyers.com/intellectual-property-licensing/licensing-agreements.html

How long Pierrot has the rights all comes down to how long the term they negotiated with Ishida is. I'm really hoping Ishida gave them a two-year term to test the waters with, so expiration is imminent. But I accept that we could have a 10-year term for all we know. I have no idea how long typical terms are, nor how much Ishida dared negotiating on anything at the time.

Guess we'll find out in due time.