Intellectual property assets hold significant untapped value. Effectively licensing and commercialising these assets is key to unlocking revenue streams, driving innovation, expanding market reach, and forging strategic partnerships.  Navigating the complexities of IP acquisition & exploitation strategies, deal structuring, agreement drafting, and enforcement requires specialised expertise. 

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We provide comprehensive legal support to help you maximise the commercial potential of your IP assets and ensure that you are informed of the risks and implications of each IP licensing and commercialisation deal.  Our work in this area includes:  

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Developing Strategic Licensing Programs

• IP Portfolio Analysis: Assess your IP portfolio to identify high-value assets suitable for licensing and align licensing activities with your overall business strategy
   

• Licensing Strategy Formulation: Advise on optimal licensing models, including exclusive vs. non-exclusive, field-of-use restrictions, territorial limitations, and royalty structures
   

• Partner Due Diligence: Assist in vetting potential licensees or licensors to ensure strategic fit and commercial viability
   

• Deal Negotiation & Structuring: Lead or support negotiations to secure favourable terms, structure complex deals (including cross-licenses, joint ventures)
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Drafting & Managing Effective Agreements

• Bespoke Agreement Drafting: Prepare clear, comprehensive, and enforceable agreements covering patents, trademarks, copyright (including software), know-how, trade secrets, designs, and other IP rights and technology.  This covers a range of agreements, including licence, assignment, research and collaboration, and general commercial arrangements involving the manufacturing, supply, distribution and sale of products
   

• Key Term Negotiation: Advise on critical clauses such as grant of rights, royalty obligations, payment schedules, audit rights, warranties, indemnities, confidentiality, sub-licensing rights, and termination provisions
   

• Technology & Material Transfer Agreements: Structure and review agreements for the transfer of technology, know-how, and materials, often accompanying patent or software licenses, whether in R&D collaborations between industry, or with academic and research institutes.
   

Protecting Your Rights

• Breach of Agreement: Advise on rights and remedies in situations involving breach of licence terms by either party
   

• Dispute Resolution: Represent you in negotiations, mediation, arbitration, or litigation arising from licensing disputes, including royalty disagreements, scope violations, or wrongful termination
   

• Enforcement Actions: Assist licensors in enforcing payment obligations and other key terms against non-compliant licensees
   

• Termination Strategy: Advise on the strategic implications and proper procedures for terminating licence agreements

 

Our Recent Experience

• Conducted due diligence on a potential licensing partner in several jurisdictions, ensuring their rights were valid and enforceable and the commercial viability of the deal
   

• Structured and drafted a licence of know-how and patent rights relating to dietetic products between the patent owner and several hospitals in Singapore
   

• Negotiated an exclusive patent out-licence for chemical products between a university and a spin-off, yielding significant annual royalties
   

• Drafted template software licences for a client, including non-essential and situation-specific clauses, and advised the client on utilising the template in different deals
   

• Assisted a multi-national consumer products company to secure a licence to use artworks in a global promotional campaign
   

• Advised a US company on licensing its media assets for use in interactive exhibitions in Singapore
   

• Advised a global consumer brand on its trademark licensing strategy, including drafting and negotiating agreements with multiple licensees across the world
   

• Advised an investment company on IP and licensing issues in a major pharmaceutical venture
   

• Advised a major agribusiness company on IP issues in their joint venture in China with a major US food company
   

• Advised a leading cocoa confectionary company on IP issues arising from the sale and divestment of their cocoa ingredients business
   

• Advised a Singapore Ministry and various statutory boards on IP protection and technology licensing issues, and negotiating with various technology providers
   

• Acted for universities, research institutes and corporations in their research, licensing and exploitation projects and collaborations

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