Licensing

While a patent grants to an inventor an exclusive right to make, use and sell goods or practice methods that are claimed in the patent, the value of licensing may not always be readily apparent to the patentee. Licensing can be a valuable tool both as a means to increase the return realized on your intellectual property and as a means for avoiding or resolving costly litigation. The power of licensing may, in a similar manner, provide benefit to the owner of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and proprietary know-how.

Licenses can be exclusive or non-exclusive. A license can be tailored to provide rights in a particular market or territory or to a particular kind of goods that embody a patentedor proprietary technology or a registered trademark.

Negotiating the complex world of licensing requires experience and a thorough understanding of the underlying legal issues.

Let Holland Law Office help you and your business unlock the power of licensing.