With extensive experience negotiating and drafting a wide range of intellectual property license agreements, Nyemaster attorneys assist in creating LOGICAL AND PROFITABLE ARRANGEMENTS for both parties involved.

LICENSING MATTERS

For both the owner of intellectual property rights and the party purchasing use of the rights, Nyemaster attorneys can provide assistance to create agreements with profit potential. We work with clients to extract value from their intellectual property and obtain appropriate use rights from others. Our IP attorneys address all levels of licensing needs:

• Simple licensing agreements
• Complex joint venture
• Corporate partnerships
• Strategic alliances for a limited purpose
• Confidentiality agreements
• Patent licenses
• Trademark licenses
• Copyright licenses
• Employment agreements relating to intellectual property ownership and rights
• Research agreements
• Consulting agreements
• Trademark consent-to-use agreements
• Joint development agreements
• Know-how licenses
• Franchise avoidment licenses
• Merchandise license agreements
• Sales representative agreements
• Supply and license agreements
• University technology licenses
• Software development agreements
•  Link licenses
• Hosting agreements
• End user license agreements
• Domestic and international agreements licensing proprietary techniques, formulations, procedures, technologies, and intellectual property rights in the agricultural chemical industry

CLIENT COUNSELING

Clients receive counseling on all the considerations that make up a license including:

• Defining the subject licensed
• Weighing the appropriate consideration for the license
• Evaluating the competitive and business environment presented by exclusivity
• Planning for cases of license termination