licensing agreement
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈlaɪsənˌsɪŋ əˈɡrimənt/
- Formal
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contrato de licencia
- The Patent Committee had already been disbursing portions of the revenue generated from patent licensing agreements to the departments from which inventions or discoveries were developed.
- licensing agreement on software
We have the licensing agreement and we can put all these brands.
- We have the licensing agreement and we can put all these brands.
Examples
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HTC announced the end of the Apple patent dispute, reconciliation, and signed a patent licensing agreement for the decade.
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To create such an option in this case would mean negotiating a transfer clause into the initial licensing agreement.
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When he held the rights, he only ever signed the initial licensing agreement.
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We have the licensing agreement and we can put all these brands.
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For a while, they had a licensing agreement with Rosetta Stone.
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However, it's essential for librarians to consider licensing agreements.
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Hulu's true value is in its licensing agreements, which could be taken away in a moment.
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HTC and Apple reconciled, signing a 10-year patent licensing agreement.
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Redmond wisely began signing licensing agreements with Apple for some of the same technologies it was suing Samsung for.
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The company secured a licensing agreement that allows them to use the brand's logo on their products.
Antonyms
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a legal contract granting permission to use intellectual property' is directly derivable from combining 'licensing' (granting usage rights) with 'agreement' (a contract). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase common across languages and domains, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would most likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Licensing agreement comes from two simple ideas: a license is written 'permission' and an agreement is a paper both people sign. So a licensing agreement is a legal contract that lets one person or company use another person's invention, brand, or work.