03 of 03
§ Acting for the licensee
Hold it to
its own terms.
You built a product on someone else’s right. Now the royalty is disputed, the scope is being narrowed, or the licence is being ended on terms you never expected.
§ The terms
No. 03
§ The royalties
No. 02
§ The licence
No. 01
§ The terms
No. 03
§ The royalties
No. 02
§ The licence
No. 01
§ The terms
No. 03
§ The royalties
No. 02
§ The licence
No. 01
§ Where it goes wrong
Four places a licence quietly fails.
The agreement was signed years ago, by people who have moved on, for a product that has changed since. These are the four points worth holding it to.
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01
Scope
What the licence actually grants: the field, the territory, the products. Where a licensor reads it narrowly, the drafting history often says otherwise.
02
Royalties
Royalty disputes are usually disputes about definitions — net sales, combination products, sublicences. Every audit query goes in writing.
03
Improvements
Who owns what you built on top of the licensed right is often the most valuable clause in the document — and the least read.
04
Termination
A termination notice is not the end of the argument. Breach must be material, cure periods run, and sell-off rights usually survive it.
§ Where it goes wrong
Four places a licence quietly fails.
The agreement was signed years ago, by people who have moved on, for a product that has changed since. These are the four points worth holding it to.
Scroll
01
Scope
What the licence actually grants: the field, the territory, the products. Where a licensor reads it narrowly, the drafting history often says otherwise.
02
Royalties
Royalty disputes are usually disputes about definitions — net sales, combination products, sublicences. Every audit query goes in writing.
03
Improvements
Who owns what you built on top of the licensed right is often the most valuable clause in the document — and the least read.
04
Termination
A termination notice is not the end of the argument. Breach must be material, cure periods run, and sell-off rights usually survive it.
§ Plainly
Hourly, capped by agreement
03 — What we will not do
Tell you to stop paying.
Withholding royalties is the quickest way to hand a licensor the right to terminate. We dispute the sum while you keep the licence alive.
03 — What we will not do
Tell you to stop paying.
Withholding royalties is the quickest way to hand a licensor the right to terminate. We dispute the sum while you keep the licence alive.
02 — What it costs
Hourly, capped before we start.
You will not find out what this costs afterwards — and if holding a licensor to its own terms takes two letters rather than twenty, it takes two.
01 — Whose agreement
The licence decides everything.
You signed it, and then it stopped feeling like yours. It is the one document worth arguing about, because everything either side can do is decided by it.
01 — Whose agreement
You signed it, and then it stopped feeling like yours. The licence is the one document worth arguing about, because everything either side can do is decided by it.
02 — What it costs
02 — What it costs
Hourly, and capped by agreement before we start. You will not find out what this costs afterwards — and if holding a licensor to its own terms takes two letters rather than twenty, it takes two.
03 — What we will not do
Tell you to stop paying. Withholding royalties is the quickest way to hand a licensor the right to terminate — we dispute the sum while you keep the licence alive.
§ Held to their own terms
We act for licensors too, never in the same matter, so we know which terms they lean on.
Which is why we know what to ask for
Before the terms
are agreed without you.
No charge · No conflict · Under NDA
03 of 03
§ Acting for the licensee
Hold it to
its own terms.
You built a product on someone else’s right. Now the royalty is disputed, the scope is being narrowed, or the licence is being ended on terms you never expected.
§ The terms
No. 03
§ The royalties
No. 02
§ The licence
No. 01
§ The terms
No. 03
§ The royalties
No. 02
§ The licence
No. 01
§ The terms
No. 03
§ The royalties
No. 02
§ The licence
No. 01
§ Where it goes wrong
Four places a licence quietly fails.
The agreement was signed years ago, by people who have moved on, for a product that has changed since. These are the four points worth holding it to.
Scroll
01
Scope
What the licence actually grants: the field, the territory, the products. Where a licensor reads it narrowly, the drafting history often says otherwise.
02
Royalties
Royalty disputes are usually disputes about definitions — net sales, combination products, sublicences. Every audit query goes in writing.
03
Improvements
Who owns what you built on top of the licensed right is often the most valuable clause in the document — and the least read.
04
Termination
A termination notice is not the end of the argument. Breach must be material, cure periods run, and sell-off rights usually survive it.
§ Where it goes wrong
Four places a licence quietly fails.
The agreement was signed years ago, by people who have moved on, for a product that has changed since. These are the four points worth holding it to.
Scroll
01
Scope
What the licence actually grants: the field, the territory, the products. Where a licensor reads it narrowly, the drafting history often says otherwise.
02
Royalties
Royalty disputes are usually disputes about definitions — net sales, combination products, sublicences. Every audit query goes in writing.
03
Improvements
Who owns what you built on top of the licensed right is often the most valuable clause in the document — and the least read.
04
Termination
A termination notice is not the end of the argument. Breach must be material, cure periods run, and sell-off rights usually survive it.
§ Plainly
Hourly, capped by agreement
03 — What we will not do
Tell you to stop paying.
Withholding royalties is the quickest way to hand a licensor the right to terminate. We dispute the sum while you keep the licence alive.
03 — What we will not do
Tell you to stop paying.
Withholding royalties is the quickest way to hand a licensor the right to terminate. We dispute the sum while you keep the licence alive.
02 — What it costs
Hourly, capped before we start.
You will not find out what this costs afterwards — and if holding a licensor to its own terms takes two letters rather than twenty, it takes two.
01 — Whose agreement
The licence decides everything.
You signed it, and then it stopped feeling like yours. It is the one document worth arguing about, because everything either side can do is decided by it.
01 — Whose agreement
You signed it, and then it stopped feeling like yours. The licence is the one document worth arguing about, because everything either side can do is decided by it.
02 — What it costs
02 — What it costs
Hourly, and capped by agreement before we start. You will not find out what this costs afterwards — and if holding a licensor to its own terms takes two letters rather than twenty, it takes two.
03 — What we will not do
Tell you to stop paying. Withholding royalties is the quickest way to hand a licensor the right to terminate — we dispute the sum while you keep the licence alive.
§ Held to their own terms
We act for licensors too, never in the same matter, so we know which terms they lean on.
Which is why we know what to ask for
Before the terms
are agreed without you.
No charge · No conflict · Under NDA