Who is Licensee?

• The Licensee, a person who wishes to use a trade mark, is:

  • A solo trader
  • A company or partnership

• Indicate the full name of Licensee:

• Indicate the full name of a company (Licensee):

• Indicate the full residential or business address of Licensee:

About the Contract

• Select the date on which the parties sign this Agreement:

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  The date of signing is the date on which a trademark licence agreement becomes effective.

• Which laws shall apply towards provisions of this Agreement?

  Choose option England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

• The licence to use a trade mark shall become effective:

  • On the date of signing, indicated above
  • Other date

• Select the date on which the licence will become effective:

• Select the date on which the licence shall END:

Trademark Details

• Indicate the trade mark's name:

• Has the trademark been registered with the UK Intellectual Property Office?

  • Yes
  • No, in the process of registration

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  Registration of a trademark with the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) is mandatory.

  The trademark licence agreement could be concluded with regards to the trade mark which is already registered or which is pending for the registration at the UKIPO.

• Indicate the UKIPO registration number:

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  This is a registration number provided by the UKIPO (UK Intellectual Property Office).

  Each trademark is given a unique registration number.

• Select the date of the trademark's registration:

• Indicate the number of the trademark application for registration:

• Select the date on which the application for the trademark's registration was submitted:

• Specify the classes of goods and/or services for which the trade mark is or will be registered:

Licence Details

• Describe in detail how the Licensee is permitted to use the trade mark:

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  A trade mark could be used in various ways:

  – usage for branding products;
  – retail or franchising;
  – merchandising;
  – marketing or advertising;
  – packaging or labelling;
  – events or sponsorships and many more.

• The Licensee obtains the following licence to use the trademark:

  • Exclusive licence
  • Non-exclusive licence

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  The licensor under the trademark licence agreement can issue two different types of licences:

  – Exclusive licence: Only the licensee has the rights to use the trademark. The licensor cannot use the trademark and cannot licence the same TM to others.
  – Non-exclusive licence: The licensee can use the trademark. The Licensor can also use it and licence it to third parties.

• Specify the geographic area (e.g., city, state, country) where the Licensee is authorised to use the trade mark:

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  Territory limitation in a trademark licence agreement defines the specific geographic area (such as a country or region) where the licensee is allowed to use the trade mark.

  Usage of the trademark by the licensee outside the agreed territory is a material breach of a contract and is strictly prohibited.

• Does the Licensee have a right to sublicence the trade mark to third parties?

  • No
  • Yes

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  Sublicensing is the licensee’s right to grant some or all of their rights to use a trade mark to a third party.

  For example, the licensee receives the right to use the trade mark in promotional materials, advertising campaigns or digital marketing content. The licensee decides to transfer further the right to use a licensor’s trade mark in digital content to a third party. Such a transfer is considered a sub-licence, and the text of a trademark licence agreement shall clearly outline if the sublicensing is allowed or not.

Payment Details

• How will the Licensor be compensated for granting the licence under this Agreement?

  • One-time fixed fee
  • Regular payments (e.g., weekly, monthly)
  • Another arrangement

• Indicate the amount of one-time flat fee (in pounds £) the Licensee shall pay:

• The one-time flat fee shall be paid in full:

  • on the date of signing, indicated above
  • at the end of the contract
  • according to the schedule

• Describe the schedule according to which the payment should be made:

• Indicate the amount of a regular payment (in pounds, £):

• Select the frequency with which regular payments should be made:

  Choose option every week every month every other month every year

• Describe how the Licensor’s compensation for granting the licence should be calculated:

• Indicate all acceptable payment methods the Licensee can use to make the payments:

Miscellaneous

• Either party to this Agreement can end it any time by providing a prior written:

  Choose option seven (7) days' notice fourteen (14) days' notice thirty (30) days' notice sixty (60) days' notice

• If the Licensee fails to make a payment for the granted licence on time, the Licensee shall pay:

  • one-time fixed late penalty fee applies
  • daily late penalty fee applies

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  Late fees are additional financial charges imposed on a licensee when a licensee fails to make a payment on time.

• Specify the amount of the one-time fixed late fee (in pounds £):

• Indicate the amount of a daily late fee (in pounds, £):

• Do you want to add a Licensee's signature?

  • Yes
  • No

• Add a Licensee's signature:

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