IP Licensing
& Transactions

A licensing program with the right terms, market and pricing drives positive business results. We have significant expertise in negotiating and interpreting licensing terms to help companies drive value and reduce risk through robust licensing and initiatives.

Among our clients, we have advised a publicly managed, but privately funded organization on a variety of issues, including: records retention/management/litigation holds, website terms of use and privacy policy development and contract negotiation with vendors. We have advised a small, independent business toward resolving a trademark dispute with a much larger company, and have supported numerous trademark license agreements.

While we are a team of lawyers, we think beyond the legal aspects of a licensing program. The right terms can certainly help protect a company’s interests, but we like to aim higher. We help our clients achieve success by digging into the market realities and demand, and we look at purchasing behavior to create a comprehensive, high-value program.

  • "With a winning combination of both technical and business acumen, the ROL Group has the knowhow to cut deals that make sense for both parties. The ROL Group also conducts skillful negotiations that can only come from being intimately involved in varied situations."

Case Studies & Publications

Featured
“Advanced Patent Licensing 2018.” Practising Law Institute (September 2018)

In the current legal environment, with patent litigation on the decline (especially in the U.S.), patent licensing (and related transactions) are heating up.

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“Billions of Dollars at Risk: How to Manage Patent Licensing Across Entire Industries. A Case Study.” Richardson et. al. IPWatchdog (January 2018)

We explore how you can model the expected cost and revenue of your ongoing cross-licensing negotiations to make it easier to prioritize your activities, and how doing that helps you run your cross-licensing program like a business.

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“Now a Big Company Wants You to Take a Patent License...” Richardson et. al. IPWatchdog (July 2017)

Most high technology companies have a good grasp of the challenges and solutions for dealing with patent trolls. However, successful high technology startups face a threat beyond patent trolls: large corporate patent asserters looking to license their patents.

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“Negotiating With Intellectual Ventures (IV)? What About Their Other Funds?” Richardson et. al. IPWatchdog (May 2016)

Intellectual Ventures has multiple funds. If you have to take a patent license, how do you account for their smaller funds (ISF & IDF) during a negotiation.

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