Economic strength rests on knowledge - the knowledge that makes homegrown technologies and innovations a "blue-chip" investment for businesses around the world. The Licensing Group at PCZL provides comprehensive legal services for a variety of transactions, ranging from simple manufacturing and distribution agreements to complex joint ventures and strategic alliances, all of which encompass the structuring and negotiation of technology transactions.

Comprising professionals with broad global experience, the Group provides expert support for:

• end user software license agreements for commercial product use
• evaluations and beta testing agreements
• cross IP and technology licensing agreements
• patent licensing and patent acquisitions
• joint development agreements
• manufacture and supply agreements
•  distribution and sales agreements

The Licensing Group advises a wide range of clients in the academic sector, including Universities' and Hospitals' Technology Transfer Offices. In the commercial sector, we counsel companies on the "licensing in" of technologies and patents developed in academia.

The PCZL team includes experts in licensing related to biotechnology, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Services for this sector include drafting and negotiations of:

• clinical trial agreements
• material transfer agreements
• sponsored research agreements

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