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IP Licensing Agreements (with a sample agreement template)

iPleaders (Blog) · iPleaders Free Intermediate India

This is the India-context checklist you negotiate from: it lays out exclusive vs sole vs non-exclusive, how royalty and consideration get structured, term limits (a license cannot outlive the IP protection itself), the warranties the licensor must give, and, most usefully, the minimum royalty clause that forces a licensee to actually commercialise instead of sitting on your IP. It ends with a full sample agreement template you can hand to a lawyer as a starting draft.

  • Add a minimum royalty or commercialise-within-year-one clause so an exclusive license cannot lock up your IP while the partner does nothing.
  • Define 'improvements', 'enhancements' and 'modifications' up front and who owns them, or you can lose the upgraded IP by default.
  • Cap the term at or below your IP's protection window and name which clauses (confidentiality, indemnity) survive termination.
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The question it answers

  1. How do I license my own IP to someone else (a partner, distributor, or another company) without giving it away?

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