IP Rights SIG/Licenses and other ways to convey use of IP
International Game Developers Association Licenses and other
ways to convey use of IP What is a license? Once IP is created
or acquired, the owner will often need to convey certain rights
of the IP to third parties. This will further their business
operations and help the company commercially exploit the IP
assets. The two methods for doing so are to transfer the rights
through an assignment or to license the rights. A complete
transfer or assignment of the IP and all of its exclusive rights
usually requires a certificate to be filed with that countries
registration office. However, some countries, notably those with
civil law systems, define rights that cannot be divested from
the author, meaning that all transfers are essentially a
license. Anything less than a full assignment is a license,
which is essentially a temporary transfer of particular rights
without transferring any ownership of those rights. What does a
license convey? Licenses may be for