Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2019, Volume 44, Number 1
Content
- Copyright News
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- The Licensing Corner
- 2019 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Contents
- Letter from the Chair
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2018-2019
- Federal Circuit Report
- Case Comments
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2018-2019
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
The Licensing Corner
Sean Hogle
Rooney Nimmo PC
CHOICE OF LAW IN CROSS-BORDER LICENSE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS
As lawyers, it’s our job to anticipate and head off disputes. If a dispute nevertheless arises, the competence of both sides’ lawyers is immediately put to the test-in the form of a big glaring spotlight on the agreement’s choice of law and forum clause. Is the clause clear? Is the dispute in question captured by the clause cleanly, or is there ambiguity that could be the basis for the other side to delay or disrupt? The client that is forced to incur massive legal fees just to find out which forum, or which country’s law, applies in a dispute is an unhappy client indeed.