licensing deal
Rights usage agreement
A licensing deal is an agreement where one party grants another the right to use intellectual property—patents, trademarks, technology, or creative works—typically in exchange for fees or royalties.
The studio signed a licensing deal to produce merchandise based on the film.
Such arrangements let companies monetize assets without selling them outright, or gain access to properties they couldn't develop themselves.
- royaltyPayment for usage rights
- profit sharingDistributing earnings to workers
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- term sheetPreliminary deal conditions document
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- income sourcessalary, wages, hourly pay, wage, commission
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- brand partnershipsbrand partnership, co-branding, tie-in, product placement, movie tie-in
- licensingapplication fee, renewal fee, non-exclusive, sublicense, EULA
- media rightsfilm rights, TV rights, movie rights, broadcast rights, streaming rights
licensing deallicense revocation
Formal withdrawal of permission
cease and desist · injunction · termination agreement · ban · prohibition
licensing dealinfringement
Violation of rights
piracy · unauthorized use · counterfeiting · bootlegging · rights violation
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