This trade mark licence template is designed to assist a trade mark proprietor to license registered and/or unregistered trade mark rights.

The trade mark licence template can be adapted to balance the parties' interests, or to favour the interests of the licensor or licensee.

A licence of a UK registered trade mark is not, under Section 28 of the UK's Trade Marks Act 1994, effective unless it is in writing signed by or on behalf of the grantor.

A grant of a licence of a UK registered trade mark is a registrable transaction under Section 25 of the 1994 Act. A licence of a UK registered trade mark should be registered with the UK Intellectual Property Office using Form TM51. The termination of such a licence should be registered using form TM52.

The trade mark licence template contains the following provisions:

> Definitions and interpretation
> Term
> Consideration
> Licence of Trade Marks
> Restrictions on use of Trade Marks
> Warranties and undertakings
> Assignment
> Third party infringement
> Indemnities
> Limitations and exclusions of liability
> Termination
> Effects of termination
> General

This template is 14 pages long (including the cover page), and is supplied in Word (.doc) format for easy editing.

You can view a sample version of this template trade mark licence, containing the first few pages only, here:

Sample Trade Mark Licence