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This course will outline the principles of licensing and examine every stage, from taking the decision to license, through negotiation to an in-depth analysis of an international license to what happens after the agreement has been signed.

Topics
  • Pre-licensing considerations
  • Anatomy of a license agreement - Typical clauses
  • Commercial use of IP rights: 25 % rule and more
  • EU competition rules for technology license agreements
  • Licensing Business Simulation


Who should attend
You are tasked with negotiating and/or drafting/reviewing IP license agreements and need IP licensing know-how? Then this course is designed for you. Knowledge of IP law is not required. This course is especially interesting for those working in IP, patent, legal, R&D and business development departments and in private practice as patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law.
Aims and objectives
Obtaining protection for intellectual property is only the beginning. In order to take full commercial advantage of this protection it is necessary to be aware of the opportunities offered by successful licensing of such IP rights.

This course will outline the principles of licensing and examine every stage, from taking the decision to license, through negotiation to an in-depth analysis of an international license to what happens after the agreement has been signed. The course is technology non-specific.
Your benefit

  • You will get a comprehensive overview of the whole patent licensing process.
  • You will know the most important clauses of a patent license agreement and what to consider in the clauses
  • You will experience the patent licensing process through a business simulation

Course - Licensing

Munich Licensing Summer Course

2 day comprehensive course
covering all aspects

Benefits
  • The essentials in only two days
  • Effective knowledge transfer!
  • Licensing business simulation
  • Social programme

Webcode 25071133

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Speakers


Everything at a glance

Appointment

01-02/07/2025

01-02/07/2025

Period

Both days starts at 09:00 CET and ends at 17:00 CET

Both days starts at 09:00 CET and ends at 17:00 CET
Venue

München

München

Fee
Your contact

Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Lawyer, Conference Manager

+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de

Details

This course will outline the principles of licensing and examine every stage, from taking the decision to license, through negotiation to an in-depth analysis of an international license to what happens after the agreement has been signed.

Topics

  • Pre-licensing considerations
  • Anatomy of a license agreement - Typical clauses
  • Commercial use of IP rights: 25 % rule and more
  • EU competition rules for technology license agreements
  • Licensing Business Simulation


Who should attend
You are tasked with negotiating and/or drafting/reviewing IP license agreements and need IP licensing know-how? Then this course is designed for you. Knowledge of IP law is not required. This course is especially interesting for those working in IP, patent, legal, R&D and business development departments and in private practice as patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law.

Aims and objectives

Obtaining protection for intellectual property is only the beginning. In order to take full commercial advantage of this protection it is necessary to be aware of the opportunities offered by successful licensing of such IP rights.

This course will outline the principles of licensing and examine every stage, from taking the decision to license, through negotiation to an in-depth analysis of an international license to what happens after the agreement has been signed. The course is technology non-specific.

Your benefit

  • You will get a comprehensive overview of the whole patent licensing process.
  • You will know the most important clauses of a patent license agreement and what to consider in the clauses
  • You will experience the patent licensing process through a business simulation

Detailed programme

Both days starts at 09:00 CET and ends at 17:00 CET

Licensable intellectual property rights
  • Technical and non-technical rights
  • Licensing of know-how

Commercial use of intellectual property rights
  • Basic functions of IPR
  • Processes, strategies

Types and legal terms of Technology License Agreements
  • Exclusive, sole and non-exclusive licenses
  • Negative and compulsory licenses
  • Fundamental legal differences

Pre-licensing considerations
  • Different possibilities of approach
  • Why license at all?
  • The role of a licensing professional
  • Preparation of a licensing negotiation
  • Term sheet, non-disclosure agreement, other preliminary agreements
  • Identification of valuable IP
  • Carrot/stick licensing
  • Cross-licensing/license pools

Commercial terms of a license agreement
  • Forms of payments: fixed amounts, royalties, minimums, caps
  • Royalty reporting, audit rights
  • Appropriate consideration - 25% rule

EU competition rules for technology license agreements
  • Legal Regulations
  • Kinds of agreements covered
  • Market Thresholds
  • Hardcore and excluded restrictions
  • Examples

Anatomy of a License Agreement
  • Identification of the Parties, recitals, definitions
  • Obligations of licensor and licensee
  • International aspects
  • Assignment
  • Termination, expiration
  • Dispute resolution, arbitration, ADR
  • Force majeure
  • Miscellaneous 'boilerplate' clauses
  • Warranties, liabilities, indemnification
  • Improvements and related technology (grant back clauses)

Licensing Business Simulation
  • Test your licensing skills in an interactive setting
  • Team up in two groups
  • On the part of the licensor and on the part of the licensee
  • Slip into one of the roles in the respective negotiation teams

More Informations

Licensing Business Simulation

Attendees will have the opportunity to test their licensing skills in a licensing business simulation where they will team up with their peers in two groups. Thus, they will be able to experience licensing from the licensor and from the licensee perspective.

Networking

On the first evening of the course FORUM · Institut für Management GmbH is pleased to invite the participants to a behind-the-scenes tour in the beautiful castle of Heidelberg, followed by a joint dinner in a traditional and cosy restaurant in Munich.

This distinguishes our events

(Legal Counsel)

(Assistant Contracts Officer)

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Testimonials

What our participants say:
Good theory, very professional level

Morten Rosendahl, Attorney-at-law

ROCKWOLL International A/S


very well organised. Excellent lectors!

Irina Georgieva, Assistant Contracts Officer

Modis International BV


Professional and comprehensive course. Full of useful and interesting knowledge and tips.

Julia Paluszkiewicz, IT Asset Manager

ROCKWOOL Global Business Service Center

Very informative & interesting, must be visited!
I enjoyed everything! Especially liabilities and warranties.

Lyubov Grineva, Expert,

SIBUR LLC

All topics were interesting and the speakers are really great.

Alina Golovanova, Expert,

NIOST LLC