Licensing

Licensing your intellectual property (IP) can provide a potential new revenue stream and can allow you to reach new markets and expand your product and customer base. Whether you are an emerging start-up company or an established multinational corporation, Sterne Kessler can help structure licensing agreements that advance business objectives, establish enduring relationships, and capture the value of your IP assets.

Good licenses protect intellectual and tangible property rights, and facilitate successful business relationships. Our licensing team works closely with our clients’ business, legal, and technology professionals to draft, negotiate, and enforce a variety of licensing agreements and contracts. We develop terms that are effective to advance your business goals and strengthen alliances. We also perform the necessary due diligence and IP portfolio analysis needed to assess and mitigate your risk before entering into a licensing agreement or other contractual relationship involving IP assets and technology.

Our licensing team combines deep technical knowledge, unparalleled IP experience, and a strong grounding in transactional law. Our clients cover a wide range of industries, from biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, to consumer products, electronics, manufacturing, medical devices, and software, amongst others. We are particularly adept at developing strategies to exploit technologies and to navigate the myriad legal and technological issues that arise in drafting and negotiating agreements involving technology transfer. In addition, several Sterne Kessler directors have earned Certified Licensing Professional accreditation.

Sterne Kessler has experience drafting and negotiating all types of agreements involving patents, trademarks, copyrights as well as technology and other tangible assets. Our experience includes: