IP agreements and licences

JMW advises on all types of IP-related contracts and agreements, including brand licences, copyright and patent licences, media and creative industries agreements, confidentiality agreements/NDAs, and collaboration agreements.

Our expert IP solicitors provide straightforward commercial advice on IP agreements, focusing on the real issues that are most important to your business. We navigate clients to favourable outcomes, taking a collegiate and common-sense approach to risk and opportunity, and negotiating robustly for our clients’ interests where necessary.

What we do

Our work includes advising, drafting and negotiating:

• Brand and trade mark licences
• Copyright licences
• Patent licences
• Technology and know-how agreements
• Music and media agreements
• Assignments
• Joint ownership agreements
• Settlement agreements
• Confidentiality agreements and NDAs
• Research and development (R&D) agreements
• Collaboration agreements

Work examples

• Drafting and negotiating numerous brand licence agreements for a well-known retail brand, including advice on royalties 
• Drafting and negotiating IP licence agreement between technology owner and licensees
• Advising technology business on a patent and know-how licence to major national business
• Advising engineering business on collaboration agreement with another business, including confidentiality, IP ownership, and cross-licensing arrangements.

Meet the team

JMW’s experienced intellectual property team has a strong track record of drafting and negotiating agreements and licences in an efficient and commercial way.  We act for brand owners, creatives, and technology businesses, in the UK and overseas.