Drafting Licensing Agreements: Tips and Strategies

Originally held on Friday, April 30, 2021 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Program Instructor:

Paul C. Jorgensen
Founder and Principal
The Jorgensen Law Firm PLLC

  • Back by popular demand, this lively and engaging CLE program will help attendees understand and create stronger, clearer license agreements.

    Join program instructor, Paul C. Jorgensen, as he discusses:

    • The vital preparation steps do you need to take to ensure an effective license. This section will help you to identify key transaction and atmospheric facts and to know how best to use existing agreements.
    • The rules that you need to follow to draft clearly, to lower risks to your clients and to break free of dangerous, arcane writing. This section will focus on common and license-specific writing problems that you must recognize and eliminate.
    • The essential and non-essential license provisions. This section will show how your preparation will help you choose the right provisions, know the common problems with each type of provision, and draft them well.

    Don’t miss this entertaining and informative course on creating better licensing agreements.

    Program Fee:
    $229 for Members | $329 for Nonmembers

    Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2019-2021), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorney members who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

  • 9:00 am – 9:05 am
    Welcome & Introduction to Program

    9:05 am – 10:30 am
    Drafting Preparation & Detecting Writing Problems

    10:30 am – 10:40 am
    Break

    10:40 am – 12:00 pm
    Minimizing Risk & Maximizing Client Goals by Drafting the Best Provisions

  • New York: 3.0 Skills
    New Jersey: 3.3 General
    California: 2.5 General
    Pennsylvania: 2.5 General
    Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

    Please Note: Newly admitted NY attorneys cannot fulfill ethics or skills credits through our on-demand programs under OCA rules. For more information on this, please see http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/changes_for_2016.shtml.

  • Sponsoring Association Committee:
    Council on Intellectual Property, James R. Klaiber, Chair

    Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
    Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org