Many considerations go into a licensing agreement. A well-drafted agreement must address all of the complexities inherent in the parties’ relationships and must anticipate all potential contingencies, providing a mechanism for dealing with them.

This 36-page paper covers a selection of common topics relating to licensing, including:  intellectual property due diligence, types of licensing arrangements, licensing grants and use restrictions, royalty provisions, risk allocation, term and termination, technology licenses, software licenses and related maintenance and support services, and ‘software as a service’ agreements.

This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Technology Contracts program in September, 2015.