TRADE MARK LICENSING
A trade mark licence can support growth while ownership stays with you. Nitin Agarwal can help define permitted use, quality standards and commercial terms in the agreed licence documentation.
Send the marks, parties, proposed products or services, territories, commercial terms and any existing licence.
WHY TAKE ADVICE?
Identify the marks, users and territory and the products or services covered. Clarity helps avoid scope disputes.
Consider quality, approvals and brand use alongside payments and reporting duties. The agreement should reflect reality.
Address duration, breach and termination and what happens when use must stop. Use appropriate written formalities.
WHEN WE CAN HELP
These are illustrative situations, not accounts of completed client matters.
A distributor or partner needs permission to use your brand and the terms need to be documented.
We can discuss the permitted use and prepare the agreed licence terms. The marks, territory and controls should fit the business arrangement.
You are using an informal or older agreement and want to identify gaps in rights, controls or payments.
We can review the licence terms against your proposed objectives. Any amendments or negotiation are covered by an agreed scope.
Brand use is part of a wider model involving know-how, standards and ongoing commercial obligations.
A franchise arrangement involves more than a trade mark licence. Our related service explains the broader agreement considerations.
THE SERVICE
A licence should turn the commercial arrangement into clear permissions, controls and obligations.
Identify the marks, licensees, products, services and territories covered by the proposed arrangement.
Address exclusivity, royalties, approvals, reporting and standards appropriate to the intended use.
Prepare the agreed terms and identify material issues for your decision.
Address duration, breach, termination and what must happen when brand use ends.
Explain the relevant formalities and agree separately whether register recordal is required.
A CLEAR PROCESS
Explain who will use the marks and how the arrangement will operate.
Confirm permissions, commercial terms and drafting scope.
Consider the proposed agreement and any points for negotiation.
Complete signing and separately agreed implementation or recordal steps.
YOUR ATTORNEY
Nitin Agarwal is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and founder of Corpinal IP Limited. You deal directly with him on the agreed advice and work. The engagement confirms the scope and any specialist support required.
BEFORE YOU INSTRUCT US
Have a question about your situation? Tell us what you need help with and include any relevant dates.
A Trade Mark Licence is a legal agreement allowing another party to use your trade mark under agreed conditions while you retain ownership.
No. Licensing allows another party to use the trade mark without transferring legal ownership.
Yes. A professionally drafted licence agreement can specify quality standards, permitted use, geographical limits and other important conditions.
A UK registered trade mark licence must meet the relevant written and signing requirements. Clear written terms identify the permission, controls and obligations and help reduce later disputes.
An initial conversation identifies your needs and whether we can help. Document review, legal assessment, drafting and substantive advice are paid work, with scope and fees agreed before we start. Sending an enquiry does not confirm that we can act or that a deadline is being monitored.
RELATED GUIDANCE
The brand and know-how provisions should fit how the franchise actually operates.
An assignment should identify exactly what is transferring, who is involved and when ownership changes.
Keep register entries consistent with the ownership and details your business relies on.
BRAND PROTECTION CHECK
Explore your wider brand protection needs with questions tailored to your business and plans.
No contact details needed to see your results.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Send the marks, parties, proposed products or services, territories, commercial terms and any existing licence.
We agree the scope and fees before substantive work begins. If a deadline is close, telephone us as well. An enquiry does not confirm that we are acting or monitoring a deadline.
