Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781316518038 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Jorge L. (University of Utah) Contreras

Opis

A comprehensive and practical textbook in the field of intellectual property licensing.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Introduction to Intellectual Property Licensing: 1. The Business of Licensing; 2. Ownership and Assignment of Intellectual Property; 3. The Nature of an Intellectual Property License; 4. Implied Licenses and Unwritten Transactions; 5. Confidentiality and Pre-License Negotiations; Part II. License Building Blocks: 6. License Grant and Scope; 7. Exclusive Licenses; 8. Financial Terms; 9. Development, Allocation and Management of IP; 10. Representations, Warranties and Indemnification; 11. Litigation-Related Clauses: Enforcement, Settlement and Dispute Resolution; 12. Term, Termination and Breach; 13. Other Licensing Terms: The 'Boilerplate'; Part III. Industry and Context Specific Licensing Topics: 14. Academic Technology Transfer; 15. Trademark and Franchise Licensing; 16. Music Licensing; 17. Consumer and Online Licensing; 18. Software, Data and the Cloud; 19. Public Licenses: Open Source, Creative Commons and IP Pledges; 20. Technical Standards: Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (Frand ) Licensing; Part IV. Advanced Licensing Topics: 21. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Issues; 22. Estoppel and No Challenge Clauses; 23. First Sale and Exhaustion; 24. Intellectual Property Misuse; 25. Antitrust and Competition Issues; 26. Intellectual Property Pools and Aggregation.