Zusammenfassung der Ressource
NEGOTIATIONS AND
LICENSING
- The agreement
- to achieve an outcome
- what it is giving
- what is receiving
- each party is content with
the final deal reached
- Heads
- Parties
- Start date
- Duration
- Nature of licensed IP
- Work schedule
- Costs
- Payment schedule
- Lump sum/royalties
- Licence option
- Option term on licence
- Right of first refusal
- Scope of licence
- Exclusive
- Sole
- Non-exclusive
- Option
- Exclusivity
- Application
- Territory
- Duration
- Liability
- Warranty on licensed patents
- Ownership of IP
- Ownership of improvements
- Infringement
- Termination
- Choice of law
- Dispute resolution
- The team will need
- who lead the negotiations
- the process when accepting or rejecting proposals
- break-out time to discuss points in private
- seek clarification from your management board
- Negotiating: Process
- discussion on the main points
- introduction of a draft agreement
- draft document is agreed and exchanged
- Terms of exchange specified for the bargain
- Something of value exchanged
- Mutual exchange
- Licence Fee
- A once-off non-refundable fee
- A number of fees paid on reaching agreed milestones
- A fee paid on signing of the licence agreement, but deductible against the first payments
- Cost of patents to date or cost of research to date
- A lump sum to cover the costs required after the transfer
- Royalties
- operating costs
- likely sales price
- net margin for the product
- For stand-alone products or processes, base on the sales price
- For compound products or processes
- base on a percentage of the premium
achieved by the manufacturer
- base on the percentage contribution
- a precise cash amount per unit/volume/ weight sold
- a percentage of the profit
- A sliding scale with a high initial royalty falling to a lower rate on increased sales