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How to use this Checklist This Checklist flags issues that frequently emerge when negotiating and drafting the following agreement types: Design licence—pro-licensor Design licence—pro-licensee For further reading on design licensing, see these Practice Notes: Introduction to designs UK registered and unregistered designs Licensing intellectual property rights For example character merchandising agreements, consult the Precedents: Character merchandising agreement—pro-licensor and Character merchandising agreement—pro-licensee. For details of the key terms commonly found in a manufacturing agreement and designs licence, see: Manufacturing agreement and design licence—checklist. This Checklist can also, where appropriate, operate as the foundation for a straightforward non-binding heads of terms. For guidance on doing so, see Precedent: Heads of terms—commercial contracts. For support on negotiating an IP licence clause, refer to Practice Note: Negotiation guide—intellectual property licence clause. Checklist schedule for proposed licence of designs Points to consider • Further information • Notes (if any) (A) Key commercial considerations...

In this Checklist, the following defined terms are relevant: application programming interface (API) refers to an application programming interface API Data means any data or other content on the Platform reached by the Application or the API Licensee, and/or sent from the Platform to the Application via an API API Licensee means a provider of an Application that connects to the Platform/API API Licensor means the provider of a Platform/API Application means an application of an API Licensee that uses an API Platform means a platform of an API Licensor that is accessed through an API An API is a source code-level interface that enables applications (specifically, software components) to communicate with one another. It is the outward-facing element of an application that sets the rules for how that application will interact with other software. A developer does not need to grasp the entire codebase of an application to build something compatible with it. So long as the software...

How to use this Checklist This Checklist flags typical issues that arise when negotiating a manufacturing agreement and a design licence, helping you focus on key points at each stage. For further information on the licensing of designs, consult the materials below and see the following Practice Notes: Introduction to designs UK registered and unregistered designs Licensing intellectual property rights For standalone design licences, consult Precedents: Design licence—pro-licensor and Design licence—pro-licensee. See also: Licence of designs—checklist. For character merchandising arrangements, refer to Precedents: Character merchandising agreement—pro-licensor and Character merchandising agreement—pro-licensee. Where suitable, this Checklist may serve as the basis for a brief, non-binding heads of terms. For guidance on how to do this, see Precedent: Heads of terms—commercial contracts. Checklist schedule for proposed manufacturing agreement and design licence The following notes apply to the key commercial considerations identified and outlined herein. Notes Parties Parties: verify each party’s legal status and whether any third parties...

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Original news Dean v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2017] EWHC 1998 (Admin); [2017] All ER (D) 72 (Aug). The Planning Court concluded that the grant of a PEDL under section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (PA 1998) was not entirely constrained by the statutory licensing code, so the Secretary of State could agree to alter the licence terms. Consequently, it rejected the claimant’s case that the deed varying the licence was ultra vires, and dismissed his application for judicial review. What was the background to the case? In 2008 the defendant issued a PEDL conferring exclusive rights on the licensees to search, drill for and recover hydrocarbons within a defined geographic area. The licence period was split into three stages: a stage for the licensee to undertake the agreed works programme of seismic and geological surveys a stage to obtain Oil and Gas Authority approval of a field development plan a production stage ...

Original news Camelot Property Management Ltd and another company v Roynon [2017] Lexis Citation 28 What issues did this case raise? Why is it significant? The claim was issued by Camelot Property Management Limited and Camelot Guardian Management Limited (together, Camelot). Camelot is an organisation established to assist with the security of vacant property and to safeguard empty premises. They were engaged by Bristol City Council to protect a former, and at that time vacant, elderly care home in Bristol from vandalism and unlawful occupation. Camelot permitted Mr Greg Roynon to occupy part of the premises. Camelot maintained that his presence was solely as a property guardian and was strictly in line with an agreement between them which they contended was, and which on its face appeared to be, a licence. Camelot served notice terminating that licence, yet Mr Roynon declined to vacate the property. Camelot therefore commenced proceedings to recover possession of the property in question through the court. The matter proceeded by way of a preliminary issue,...

This Practice Note considers the following commercial and legal issues arising from the use of free and open source software: What is free and open source software? History Upstreaming and forking Free and open source licences Distribution of modified works (and the reciprocal effect) Linking and incorporation Software as a service (SaaS) Compliance requirements Licence incompatibility Bare licence or contractual licence Patents Trade marks Corporate transactions Software bill of materials Software licensing to the end user Enforcement Free and open source software (sometimes called ‘FOSS’) is a collective term for software released under a licence granting recipients the rights to use, adapt, and share it—whether unchanged or modified—without fees or royalties, with the source code made available. In contrast, the software licences most familiar to lawyers may seek to stop the licensee from accessing source code, using the software across multiple users, locations or computers, and from making and...

The purpose of the Copyright Tribunal The Copyright Tribunal (the Tribunal) is a standalone adjudicatory body created under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988). It exists to settle commercial licensing disputes between copyright holders or their agents and commercial users of protected material. The Tribunal sets the terms and conditions for collective copyright licensing schemes administered by licensing bodies, and also rules on disagreements concerning the terms of individual licences offered by those bodies. Under CDPA 1988, s 116(1), a licensing scheme means a scheme that specifies the classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose behalf he acts, is prepared to grant copyright licences, and the terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case. The Tribunal does not hear claims for copyright infringement. Such claims are ordinarily handled by the civil courts. In most instances, collective licensing will typically fall within the scope of a licensing scheme...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note was originally written for LexisAdvance® Practical Guidance Hong Kong. Applicable law In Hong Kong, the Registered Designs Ordinance (Cap 522) (RDO) primarily regulates infringement of registered designs. Exclusive right of the registered owner Once a design is registered in Hong Kong, the proprietor alone may import, make, sell, hire, or offer or expose for sale or hire within Hong Kong any article to which the registered design, or one not materially different, has been applied (RDO, s 31(1)). What are infringing acts? Under RDO, s 31(2), infringement includes: carrying out any act reserved to the registered design owner’s exclusive rights manufacturing items that enable such articles to be produced in Hong Kong or abroad (for example, moulds or dies) undertaking any act in relation to a kit that would infringe if done to the assembled article producing anything to enable a kit to...

This Agreement is entered into on [ insert date ] Parties [ insert name ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] with number [ insert company number ] and having its registered office at [ insert address ] (Licensor); and [ insert name ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] with number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (Licensee). Each of the Licensor and the Licensee is a party, and together the Licensor and the Licensee are the parties. BACKGROUND (A) The Licensor [ is the [ registered ] proprietor of OR is the applicant to register OR has the right to licence and/or sub-licence ] certain intellectual property rights. (B) The Licensee is [ insert background to licence/relevant transaction ]. (C) The Licensor has agreed to grant a licence of those intellectual property rights to the Licensee, and the Licensee has...

This Agreement is entered into on [ date ]. Parties [ Insert name of licensor ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ] whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (Licensor); and [ Insert name of licensee ], a company incorporated in [ England and Wales ] under number [ insert registered number ] whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (Licensee), Each of the Licensor and the Licensee is a party, and together the Licensor and the Licensee constitute the parties. Background The Licensee is [ insert details of the Licensee’s background/background to licence or relevant transaction. ] The Licensor has agreed to provide the Licensor Content to the Licensee and to grant the Licensee a licence to use the Licensor Content in accordance with the terms of this Agreement...

This Agreement is dated [ insert date ] Parties [ insert licensor name ], [ of OR a [ company OR partnership OR limited liability partnership ] [ incorporated OR constituted ] in [ insert jurisdiction, eg England and Wales ], registered number [ insert company or LLP number ], with [ registered office OR principal place of business ] at [ insert address ] (Licensor); and [ insert licensee name ], [ of OR a [ company OR partnership OR limited liability partnership ] [ incorporated OR constituted ] in [ insert jurisdiction, eg England and Wales ], registered number [ insert company or LLP number ], with [ registered office OR principal place of business ] at [ insert address ] (Licensee) Each of the Licensor and the Licensee is a party; together, the Licensor and the Licensee are the parties. Background The Licensor is the proprietor of the Technology IP. The Licensee has agreed...

What is the waste duty of care? Under section 34(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990), businesses are required to handle controlled waste safely and dispose of it lawfully. This obligation is called the waste duty of care. Controlled waste covers household, industrial and commercial waste, and anything of that kind. In brief, the duty means waste holders must: ensure their waste goes to a suitably permitted facility ensure anyone managing their waste complies with permit conditions prevent the escape of waste transfer waste only to a registered carrier or authorised permit holder provide a written description of the waste when it is transferred Failure to meet these duties is an offence under EPA 1990, s 34(6), and is punishable: on summary conviction, by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum on conviction on indictment, by a fine Who does the waste duty of care apply to?...

Trespasser or oral tenancy Given the circumstances and the length of time she has been there, it is improbable that the sister in law is occupying as either: a trespasser (albeit a tolerated one); or under a lease, since a lease may only be created orally where: the term does not exceed three years, it is not of an incorporeal hereditament, it takes effect in possession, and it is at the best rent reasonably obtainable without taking a fine. See the Law of Property Act 1925, ss 52 and 54, and our Q&A. A landlord let a property on an assured shorthold tenancy starting 4 May 2015 for a fixed term of six months. Rent falls due on the 4th day of each month. No deposit was taken and the tenants have committed no breaches. Unfortunately, there is no written tenancy agreement. The clients now wish to recover...

Service of a notice to quit/notice to end the licence was not required. The lodger/licensee occupied solely by way of goodwill. No periodic licence was ever created or granted...