Summary
For many companies, patent licenses are an indispensible tool for generating new technologies and streams of revenue. Due to the recent economic downturn, however, a number of parties to patent licenses are facing an increased business risk: the bankruptcy of a licensing partner. Between 2009 and 2010 alone, there were nearly 117,000 corporate bankruptcies, including high-profile filings by corporate giants such as General Motors, Blockbuster and Chrysler.
Given this elevated business risk, this webcast identifies important issues that can result when a licensor or licensee files for bankruptcy and suggests specific license provisions that may serve to alleviate some of those problems or uncertainties that can arise in the course of restructuring.
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