Best template licence
Want a guide for licensing negotiations or to draft a licence?
The best option is S&Z’s Licence Direct.
The template licence includes a 24 slide questionnaire for a highly customised licence, covering:
- intellectual property types
- confidentiality
- licence types
- licensed territory and specific exclusions
- sublicensing
- royalties
- termination
- surplus stock
- warranties
- improvements to the intellectual property
- marketing
- indemnities
- technical assistance
- quality control
- infringement by third parties and third party claims of infringement
- maintenance of intellectual property
- acknowledgements
- arbitration
- cession
- recordal of licence
- governing law
Perfect for licensing negotiations
Use the licensing template to guide licensing negotiations and to record items agreed between the parties. You don’t need to complete the questionnaire in one go. Save a partially completed questionnaire for later completion.
Unsure about anything? The “tips” will explain issues and provide an objective commentary on contentious topics.
Perfect for drafting
The licence is based on the completed questionnaire, without any bias towards either party.
Usually, the “first draft” is prepared by an attorney paid by one of the parties (generally the licensor) and naturally “leans towards” the “client” – leaving it to the other party to find the “gaps”. Licence Direct is neutral; simply recording what the parties agreed upon.
Cost to draft the licence
Licence Direct is free. Download the licence in PDF format. If you wish to make revisions, change your answers in the questionnaire and generate a new PDF licence.
If you are a law firm and require greater flexibility to make custom amendments, “ask” the system for a Word version.