Licensing & rights clearance

Licensing copyright material is a complex process.

We will help you and your organisation identify, clear and manage rights in third party content you might wish to use. We will also provide support in generating income from items in your collections and organisational assets, through activities such as image licensing, brand licensing and product development.

We will draft template contracts if you are working with third parties to help protect your rights and secure the best outcome.

Rights clearance support

We offer a comprehensive rights clearance service for organisations for items including text, archival content, images, audio and film footage. We offer on-demand advice for all rights queries and have unrivalled experience, knowledge and research resources to resolve the most complex rights projects. The service includes:

Guidance documentation for risk management and rights clearance strategy (copyright status, due diligence, orphan works and appetite for risk)
Rights clearance procedures
Rights identification and research
Tracing and negotiating licences
Tracing rights holders and reasonable searches
Orphan works analysis and advice
Checking privileged sources of information
Risk assessments where clearances have not been sought
Drafting template letters and forms

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Licensing strategies and Intellectual Property optimisation

Funding cuts, the energy crisis and the global pandemic have increased the need for organisations to review their Intellectual Property (IP) assets.

We offer a holistic approach to identify, manage, protect and commercialise existing and new IP to strengthen your organisation’s resilience. Our services include:

IP health checks, audits, and evaluations
Licensing strategies
Identification, application management and registration of IP (including trademarks, design rights and patents)
IP policy and procedure drafting
Contract drafting and review
Case study development
Board level reporting
Recommendations and next steps

Rights clearance service

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