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Licence Agreements & Confidentiality Agreements Ensuring that the intention of the parties of a commercial arrangement is properly documented is vital to protecting your position in the event of a dispute in the future. Commercial agreements should be professionally drafted to ensure that they are legally enforceable, cover all aspects of the deal and limit your exposure so far as possible. Halliwell's team has vast experience of drafting all types of commercial agreements including IP licences, sponsorship agreements, franchise agreements, terms and conditions of sale and purchase, outsourcing agreements, distribution agreements and commercial agency agreements.
Halliwells set out some of the key considerations in any licence agreement. Key issues in trade mark licence agreements.		In a world of innovation and creation, there is a growing need for the protection of confidential information. In order to facilitate discussions regarding product development and the formation of business relationships, it is common practice to enter into a confidentiality agreement so that sharing new knowledge and original work is less risky. Confidentiality agreements.

Don't know where to start? Seeing a framework of what sort of terms you may want to consider or what kind of sections may be relatively standard in a licensing agreement can be useful. Being able to present your lawyers with a basic framework of a licensing agreement with your key commercial terms could possibly help to reduce consultation time at the initial stages of the legal process.

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