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My point is the COPIED IPs do NOT get reimbursed, and how are they to know which ones are copied?

So the way I figure it, the first company to put in an IP with the specific code gets the money but all the other times the same IP with the SAME specific code that get used will not be reimbursed. Unless there is some why for them to know which was the original IP and which was copies of that IP.

When I said copies in my eariler post I was strictly referring to Manufacturer IPs.