How to use this Checklist

This Checklist is designed to highlight issues that commonly arise during the negotiation of a manufacturing agreement and design licence.

For further information on the licensing of designs, see Practice Notes:

1. •

   Introduction to designs

2. •

   UK registered and unregistered designs

3. •

   Licensing intellectual property rights

For example pure design licences, see Precedents: Design licence—pro-licensor and Design licence—pro-licensee. See also: Licence of designs—checklist.

For example character merchandising agreements, see Precedents: Character merchandising agreement—pro-licensor and Character merchandising agreement—pro-licensee.

This Checklist can also, where appropriate, form the basis of a simple non-binding heads of terms. For guidance on how to do this, see Precedent: Heads of terms—commercial contracts.

Checklist schedule for proposed manufacturing agreement and design licence