Business Issues
A significant piece of intellectual property (e.g. microprocessor core) may be ``thrown in’’ if you use a particular semiconductor facility (e.g. Motorola) in high volume (e.g. laser printer engine
IP components may be available to a company due to large ``patent portfolio swaps’’ between major manufacturers (e.g. Lucent, IBM, TI)
There is an emerging legal world of 3rd Party IP licensing