Licensing Technology
Published on 7. December 1994
Book
Hardback
768 pages
978-0-333-53149-5 (ISBN)
Description
The licensing of research and products is now an essential source of revenue for many companies, universities and research institutes in the technology field - especially in the rapidly growing biotechnology and information technology fields. This book is intended to be more accessible and understandable than existing legal texts on this subject and yet detailed enough to be of real practical value especially to those investigating opportunities to license.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
1373 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-53149-5 (9780333531495)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Legal Protection of Technical Information and Trade Marks - SECTION A: COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACTUAL BACKGROUND - Assignments and Licences - Royalty Determination - Negotiating the Licence Contract - Some Principles of Contract Law - The Licensing Agreement: An Introduction - Writing the Agreement - Section B: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AGREEMENTS - Free Movement of Goods and Intellectual Property Rights in the European Community - Restrictive Agreements and Article 85, Treaty of Rome - Restrictive Agreements and Article 86, Treaty of Rome - Notifications, Investigations and Decisions - Exemption by Regulation and Decision Under Community Competition Law - SECTION C: SPECIFIC TERMS IN TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AGREEMENTS - Representations, Warranties and Covenants - Scope of a Licence - Production and Marketing of the Licensed Products - Transfer of Technology - Rights to Technological Advances - The Money Consideration: Royalties - Maintenance, Protection and Defence of Licensed Property - Termination of Agreement - Miscellaneous Terms - Pooling Agreements and Package Licences - Computer Software Licensing Agreements - Research and Development Contracts - Legal Liability of Technology Licensors for Defective Products or Processes - SECTION D: COMPETITION LAW IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - Competition Law in the USA - Japanese Anti-Monopoly Law - SECTION E: COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION AGREEMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - Appointment of Commercial Representative - Commercial Agency Agreement - Distributorship Agreement - Appendices - Index