an agreement permitting a company to market or produce a product or service owned by another company. A licensing agreement grants a license in return for a fee or royalty payment. Items licensed for use can include patents, trademarks, techniques, designs, and expertise. This kind of agreement is one way for a company to penetrate overseas markets in that it provides a middle path between direct export and investment overseas.
Americana Distribution, Inc. (OTCBB: ADBN) and its subsidiary, Americana Licensing, Inc. (R & R Licensing Holdings, Inc.), today announced it will consult to ShowProCo's new sports licensing trade show, through an agreement reached between CEO of Americana Licensing Richard Blank and Showpro, designed to showcase the huge licensing opportunities in...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sharper Image Corporation (Pink Sheets:SHRPQ) today announced that it has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with ARG Manufacturing, Inc. ("ARG"), a market leader with more than 30 years experience making high quality kitchen utensils, kitchen tools, bakeware and barbecue tools. This agreement is the twelfth licensing agreement...
DURHAM, N.C. -- Phase Bioscience, Inc. PhaseBio announced today that it has concluded a Licensing Agreement with Duke University for the acquisition of certain intellectual property associated with the delivery of therapeutic agents based on ELP technology. Under the terms of the agreement PhaseBio will have worldwide rights to use...
Starbucks Coffee Co. and Kraft Foods announced in September that they are forming a long-term licensing agreement to accelerate growth of Starbucks brands into grocery channels across the U.S.
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 15, 1996--Mitsumi Electronics Corporation, an industry leading supplier of CD-ROM drives, today announced a software licensing agreement with Microsoft Corporation.
MAHWAH, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 2, 1997--Novadigm (NASDAQ: NVDM) today disclosed it has renewed its existing licensing and distribution agreement with the Amdahl Corporation. The renewed licensing and distribution agreement extends the Amdahl A+ Software Group's current distribution rights to Enterprise Desktop Manager EDM through the year 2000. In addition...
Handal & Associates, as lead counsel to the Tonic Group of Companies, has successfully negotiated and secured a DVD6C licensing agreement with the 6CDVD Consortium for Tonic and its manufacturing affiliates. The DVD licensing agreement permits the Tonic Group of companies to manufacture DVD player products under a license...
Roche Diagnostics -- apparently wanting a second opinion on a three-judge appellate panel's diagnosis -- is considering seeking an en banc hearing on the termination of its licensing agreement with Igen International.
TUSTIN, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 14, 1996--PairGain Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PAIR) Tuesday announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with AT&T Paradyne Corporation.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 5, 1995--Network Computing Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:NCDI) announced today that it has agreed to amend a development and licensing agreement with AT&T Corp.
EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Chiron Corporation (Nasdaq:CHIR) and Laboratory Corporation of AmericaR Holdings (LabCorpR) announced today that they have signed a licensing agreement for Chiron's hepatitis C virus HCV intellectual property for nucleic acid testing NAT. The agreement gives LabCorp, including its subsidiary National Genetics Institute NGI, a semi-exclusive license to...
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) is pleased to announce it has reached a licensing agreement with Thorley Industries, LLC on two new products to be launched in 2008. The parties have also entered into a development agreement for additional products to be developed over the next twelve months.
NEW YORK -- 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) announced today that its subsidiary, 4sight licensing solutions, inc., has signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) to manage the global licensing initiatives for the Xbox brand, including Xbox 360, the next generation video game and entertainment system. Under this...
LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEV) today announced a licensing agreement between Grupo Ferrer and IVAX Corporation for citicoline, an oral neuroprotective therapy for the treatment of stroke. Under the terms of this agreement, IVAX will be responsible for fulfilling the requirements for FDA approval of citicoline for...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- OPTi Inc (OTCBB:OPTI) today announced that it has reached a licensing and settlement agreement with nVidia Corporation ("nVidia"). The agreement settles the lawsuit that the Company filed against nVidia in the Eastern District of Texas.