20 Pitfalls in Patent Licensing

In patent (and trade secret) licensing contracts, there are basically two major areas where mistakes and missteps can occur: legal handicraft mistakes and business misjudgments. While legal handicraft mistakes result in a contract not expressing what was or may have been intended by the parties, business misjudgments waste potential, at least for one party, and can lead very early to a bad end in that specific business relationship. Either sort of mistake will be costly no matter what.

This seminar thus focuses on 20 clearly identifiable pitfalls which anyone involved in IP licensing should know, and be able to avoid. (The speakers may even include some bonus pitfalls, if you are good!) Some may appear quite obvious. They should be, but wait! A deeper dive reveals even more nuances to be considered.

The speakers shall share their many decades of experience, covering hundreds and hundreds of IP licenses that they have crafted, analyzed, litigated, and learned from.