Trade Mark Licensing

This work covers the legal issues and practical concerns of trade mark licensing in the international context, particularly with regard to the UK and US. It focuses on types of license agreement, contractual aspects and problems connected with termination. It also addresses EC competition law.

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This work comprehensively covers the legal issues and practical concerns of trade mark licensing in the international context, particularly with regard to the UK and USA. It describes the historical development and current practice of the relevant laws, including the registered user system, quality control, the Lanham Act and the UK 1994 Trade Marks Act. The focus of the work is on types of license agreement, contractual aspects and problems connected with termination. It addresses EC competition law, bankruptcy, product liability and special text considerations, and concludes with an annotated sample trade mark licence, together with extensive cross-references and annotations.