Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law and Practice

Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law and Practice, Second Edition provides the information and tools practitioners need to develop comprehensive licensing agreements, addressing existing licensing-related problems, maximize returns within legal boundaries, anticipate new concerns, and avoid potential pitfalls. Unlike other licensing treatises, which focus on either drafting practice or theory, this treatise draws from the authors wealth of professional expertise to develop a balanced treatment that is both practical and theoretical in its approach. The Second Edition offers in-depth coverage of such specialized topics as upstream licensing and Open Source licenses, bankruptcy issues in licensing, tax concerns in licensing, misuse and antitrust questions in licensing, federal government procurements and licensing, and privacy and information licensing. New in the Second Edition: Comprehensive coverage of licensing as a critical transaction model in the information economy All Supreme Court and important judicial decisions on licensing of intellectual property and software Highly relevant administrative decisions on government s intellectual property procurements and licensing Current law on the intersection of bankruptcy and licensing of intellectual property Helpful information for drafting and analyzing license agreements Extensive appendices including an updated chart showing civil and criminal trade secret laws in all U.S. states and territories, for easy references in licensing drafting Updated chart showing state laws governing the rights of publicity in all U.S. states and territories New sample contracts added in the Second Edition include Copyright Assignment and Transfer Agreement; Simple Assignment of Copyright Agreement; Patent Assignment and License Back Agreement; Patent Rights Master Agreement and Research License Agreement; Patent Cross-License Agreement; Source Code License; and Trademark and Copyright License Agreement (Asset Purchase Transaction or Spin-Off Transaction).