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Drafting International Intellectual Property Agreements Training Course

This course focuses on the drafting skills and legal and commercial issues to be considered when drawing up international IP agreements.

★★★★★ "The slides and their presentation were very clear and concise."

3-4 March 2025
+ 2-3 July 2025, 13 November 2025 »
from £599

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Format: Live online, Classroom
CPD: 6 hours for your records
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Course overview

The world’s national laws surrounding intellectual property have become more and more consistent over recent years but, whilst this is helpful to a large extent, it also sets the scene for numerous misunderstandings and disputes.

This practical course has been designed to focus on the drafting skills and legal and commercial issues to be considered when drawing up international IP agreements. If you are doing business in a complex multi-jurisdictional environment you need to know how to address difficult situations when designing and negotiating IP-related agreements in cross-border projects.

Learn about the different types of IP agreements and how to protect and exploit your rights to the best advantage for your business through carefully worded clauses. The use of practical exercises using example clauses will be worked through and discussed to embed and consolidate learning.

Key topics to be covered include:

The legal framework for international IP agreements
Dealing with patents, trade marks, trade secrets and domain names
The dangers and opportunities of IP agreement templates
Commercial expectations and industry sector differences
Key terms, choice of law and jurisdiction
Contentious IP contracts and dispute resolution
Forbidden clauses – competition law issues
Brexit-proofing your agreements

This course is part of our collection of IP & Patents Training Courses.

Benefits of attending

By attending this course you will:

Increase your knowledge of the legal and commercial issues surrounding international IP agreements
Improve your drafting skills by understanding the risks and opportunities
Benefit from an update on the laws affecting international IP agreements
Review competition law issues in relation to IP agreements
Understand the potential impact of Brexit on your IP agreements
Consolidate your learning with practical exercises on drafting clauses
Compare and discuss your experiences with other delegates and the expert faculty

Who should attend?

This course has been specifically designed for:

Patent attorneys
In-house lawyers
Legal executives
Commercial and contracts managers
Clinical and IP contract specialists
Product development managers
Research managers

And other professionals who are involved in drafting or managing commercial IP agreements.

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This course will cover:

General Aspects of IP Agreements

Types of IP
General drafting tips
Assignments vs licences

Types of licences

Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, Covenant not to Sue
Field of Use license, Cross license, Compulsory license
Sublicences, 'Have Made' right, Foundary Agreements

Elements of the agreement - part 1

Preamble
Recitals
Definitions

Elements of the agreement - part 2

Grant Clause
Reservations
Releases
Improvements

Practical exercise on drafting international IP agreements

Elements of the agreement - part 3

Financial Terms
Royalty Stacking
Reporting
Auditing

Elements of the agreement - part 4

Representations and Warranties
Assignment
Term & Termination
Choice of Law

Dispute resolution in agreements

Choice of Forum
Arbitration vs. Litigation
Arbitration Clauses
Other ADR (eg mediation, executive negotiation)

Practical exercise on drafting international IP agreements

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Brian Kacedon
Finnegan

Brian Kacedon, Partner at Finnegan and based in New York, is a recognized authority in IP transactions. He has drafted and negotiated hundreds of agreements across all technologies and is designated as a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). Brian has also successfully litigated multiple lawsuits and arbitrations based on his extensive transactional experience.

Brian focuses on patent and technology licensing and litigation. In his transactional practice, Brian assists clients in conducting market assessments for their patents, conducts licensing negotiations, drafts licensing agreements, and participates in related litigations. He routinely negotiates and drafts complex license and collaboration agreements for both small and large pharmaceutical companies, many with total payments of hundreds of millions of dollars. Brian’s experience includes setting up and directing international patent licensing and enforcement programs, including one that resulted in more than 500 license agreements.

Over the course of his career, Brian has drafted hundreds of patent, know-how, and software license agreements as well as joint development, collaboration, and settlement agreements for many industries, including pharmaceutical, medical device, software and consumer electronics. He has assisted several leading technology companies in negotiating and drafting licenses for wireless technologies, as well as navigated related standards-setting issues.

Brian has extensive experience litigating agreement disputes. He has appeared as counsel in multiple litigations and arbitrations, including a trade secret misappropriation, for clients in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to semiconductors. Brian has also been retained as an expert witness relating to the interpretation of license agreements.

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Anthony D Del Monaco
Finnegan

Anthony Del Monaco, Partner at Finnegan's, practice involves all facets of intellectual property law in a wide spectrum of technologies. He focuses on patent litigation, primarily before U.S. district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and arbitrations. His practice also includes inter partes reviews (IPRs), opinions of counsel, patent and trademark portfolio development, and complex licensing issues.

Anthony’s litigation experience is expansive. He has been admitted pro hac vice to practice in, for example, the District of Nevada, District of Delaware, and Eastern District of Texas. He has also participated in over a dozen ITC investigations and appeared in over a half dozen ITC hearings. He has had key responsibilities in all aspects of litigations, from the initial pleading stage through discovery, motions, claim construction, and trial. Anthony has experience working with a broad range of technologies, including mechanical, electrical, medical devices, commercial devices, automotive components, and gaming.

Aside from litigation, Anthony provides strategic guidance to clients on infringement, validity, and enforceability issues, along with post-grant proceedings and licensing negotiations. He has given lectures on intellectual property law around the world, including in the United States, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Anthony currently serves as an associate adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law, where he teaches a course on intellectual property practice at the ITC. During law school, Anthony spent a semester externing for Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Before practicing as a lawyer, he worked as an environmental engineer and project management expert in the wastewater treatment and construction industries, respectively.

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Cara Regan
Finnegan

Cara Regan is an Associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. She works on patent and trade secret litigation at every stage, from the strategic decision to file a proceeding through appeal. Her experience includes district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) actions; post-grant challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB); and appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where she clerked.

Cara has been involved in district court proceedings, ITC investigations, contentious proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and appeals. She has experience with pre-suit due diligence, discovery, depositions, claim construction, summary judgment motions, Daubert motions, and post-trial briefing, as well as with managing related PTAB proceedings and pursuing appeals. She also assists clients in evaluating infringement risks and negotiating license agreements. Her technical expertise encompasses a wide range of technologies, including medical devices, software, mobile phones, laptops, automobiles, and consumer products.

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NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

3-4 March 2025

Live online

13:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+00)
14:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+01)
08:30-12:00 New York (UTC-05)
Course code 14538

GBP 599 699
EUR 839 979
USD 963 1,119

Until 27 Jan

2 sessions of live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

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2-3 July 2025

Live online

13:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
14:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
08:30-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 14824

GBP 599 699
EUR 839 979
USD 963 1,119

Until 28 May

2 sessions of live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
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13 November 2025

Classroom
Rembrandt Hotel
London

09:00-17:00 UK (London)
Course code 15069
Optional £255/€356/$407 per night

GBP 699 799
EUR 979 1,119
USD 1,123 1,279

Until 09 Oct

1 day classroom-based training
Optional accommodation - 1 night including breakfast, checking in the day before the course
Meet presenters and fellow attendees in person
Lunch and refreshments provided
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* Early booking discounts may not be combined with other discounts or offers. As such, the discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th delegates are based on the full price; and apply only when booking multiple delegates on the same date.

Reviews of IPI's Drafting International Intellectual Property Agreements training course

Overall, the webinar was interesting and well structured and the speaker well-prepared and competent.

Nov 11 2020

Antonia Cavedon Netherlands
Assistant Contracts Officer , Europeasn Space Agency

Nov 11 2020

The speakers are very knowledgeable, they explained complex issues very clearly and the use of practical examples helped to better understand the topics discussed..

Melissa Medina Germany
Patent Assistant, Bavarian Nordic AS