A wide variety of technology rights can be licensed.

What proprietary rights can be licensed?

Any specific proprietary rights in technology are licensable, but first, those rights should be protected.

• Ideas, concepts and methodologies of the technology (e.g., its designs, operation and processes) may be protected via patents.

• Tangible expressions of technology (e.g., blueprints, computer programs, and accompanying instruction manuals and/or technical text) may be protected via copyright.

• Source and goodwill identifiers for underlying products and services of the technology may be protected by trademarks or service marks.

• Valuable information regarding the technology that provides the owner with a competitive advantage and is maintained in secrecy (e.g., ideas, formulas, methods, databases, customer lists and pricing, marketing development and research plans) may be protected via trade secret.