ANTISHELVING CLAUSE
antishelving clause.Patents. A provision in a patent-licensing contract, usu. one in which
payment is based on royalties, requiring the licensee to put the patented article into commercial
use within a specified time and to notify the patentee if the licensee decides to stop selling or
manufacturing it. • The licensee generally agrees to commercially exploit the patent or else risk
losing the license or exclusivity. Antishelving clauses are also used in trademark licenses. — Also
termed antishelving provision; shelving clause; shelving provision. [Cases: Patents 211(1). C.J.S.
Patents § 348.] [Blacks Law 8th]