1) Licensing Agreements: Do's and Don'ts - Introduction

Macleod Dixon
Barristers & Solicitors
3700, 400 Third Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 2Z2

(403)267-8222

March, 1994

1. INTRODUCTION

We have all experienced the effects of dreadful drafting, either as writer or reader. Today we will examine drafting techniques in a licensing context. We will aim to minimize dreadful drafting by the adoption of tactics designed to produce precisely but understandably written agreements that set out the parties' intended business and legal goals.

Drafting is very personal; some of my suggested tactics may appeal to you, while others will be rejected as being unsuitable either to you or your fact situation. In any event, I hope that this material stimulates us to challenge and exterminate dreadful drafting.