PitchMark IP Clinic #4: IP & Contract basics

What makes a good contract, especially when it mainly concerns the licensing, usage or transfer of IP? Regardless of whether you’re a designer or start-up founder, you’re going to learn a few things from our IP experts and partner lawyer Nathan Wood about how to put together a contract that works for all parties in this webinar.

A contract is nothing more than an enforceable agreement between willing parties. Learn more about:

• The nature of IP and contract rights
• Contract negotiations as a function of leverage and clout
• Contracts can also specify remedies for breaches between the parties.
• Work-for-hire provisions and employment agreements
• Recapture/limitation provisions in IP assignments (e.g. transfer)
• Contract can relate to presently existing IP or to IP to be created in the future
• Confidentiality provisions
• Concept of reasonability

Nathan Wood is the founder and Managing Director of WSR International, a full-service law firm located in Bangkok, Thailand, and oversees its Intellectual Property practice. Mr. Wood is one of the very few foreign nationals to have earned a law degree at Thammasat University. Before launching WSR, he headed Operations and Business Development for Satyapon & Partners, one of Thailand’s leading IP firms. Most recently, Nathan was the Vice President, Legal Affairs for the Destination Group’s portfolio of resorts and restaurants throughout the world. In addition to his law practice, Nathan serves on advisory boards for wildlife conservation and charitable organizations funded by proceeds from the sale of eco-friendly fashion accessory brands with whom he has worked throughout his career.