Licenses

To licence or grant licence is to give permission. A license is the document demonstrating that permission. License may be granted by the owner of intellectual property ("licensor") to another party ("licensee") as an element of an agreement between those parties.

A licensor may grant license under intellectual property to do something such as copy software or use a patented invention without fear of a claim of intellectual property infringement brought by the licensor.  A license under intellectual property commonly has several component parts, including a term, geographic area, renewal, as well as other limitations deemed vital to the licensor.  Many licenses are valid for a particular length of time. This protects the licensor should the value of the license increase, or market conditions change.  A license may stipulate a particular geographic territory.  For example, a license with a territory limited to North America (United States, Canada & Mexico) would not permit a licensee any protection for actions in Japan.

Software License

Mass distributed software is used by individuals on personal computers under license from the developer of that software. Such license is typically included in a more extensive end-user license agreement (EULA) entered into upon the installation of that software on a computer.  Under a typical end-user license agreement, the user may install the software on a limited number of computers.

Trademark License

A licensor may grant permission to a licensee to distribute products under a trademark. With such a license, the licensee may use the trademark without fear of a claim of trademark infringement by the licensor.

How We Serve Our Clients

We represent both emerging and established businesses in establishing and protecting their intellectual property rights.  To that we work closely with clients to register copyrights and trademarks where appropriate to ensure the greatest protection under the law.  Such registration also provides notice to the general public of our clients rights in such intellectual property to protect their brand identity and established good will.  We also work diligently to protect our clients rights through the negotiation and drafting of confidentiality agreements and nondisclosure agreements to protect our clients tradesecrets.  Licensing agreements are also an integral part of our intellectual property practice whereby we not only provide our clients a means to financially benefit from grant others the right to utilize their intellectual property, but through skillful negotiation and crafting such agreement, we endeavor to provide our client the maximum protection under the law

Working so closely with clients in our diverse corporate practice, we develop long-term relationships in which our attorneys serve as trusted legal and business advisors throughout the life of the corporation.  Because many of our clients are small privately-held companies without the resources to employ a staff of attorneys like many Fortune 500 companies, we can serve as virtual in-house counsel, serving our clients' needs on a daily basis.