EBC Learning and CII Live Online Course: Intellectual Property Contract Drafting

Intellectual property helps people develop and create products that benefit society. IP owners get into various agreements with third parties to share their IP and at the same time protect their exclusive rights. Licensing and assignment allow commercial use of the asset in many forms. Apart from this, there are various other commercial arrangements that lead to the creation and use of IP. This course covers important IP agreements such as licensing and assignment and their significance. It includes:

i. Contract drafting basics
ii. Explanation of contract of service and contract for service in IP clause
iii. How to design comprehensive IP licensing and assignment agreements
iv. What should one look for in technology transfer agreements, branding and sponsorship agreements?
v. Exclusive or non-exclusive IP agreement

The objective of the module is to identify and interpret clauses relating to IP in business and commercial contracts and examine and appraise IP-related agreements such as technology transfer agreements, confidentiality agreements, branding agreements, etc.