License

A License is a contractual grant of rights that allows one party to use another party’s intellectual property, technology, software, or content under specified conditions (scope, term, territory, fees, and restrictions). In diligence and post-close integration, a License can be a key value driver or constraint (e.g., non-transferability or field-of-use limits), and mapping each License is often essential in M&A.

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Ryan Roberts Startup Lawyer
Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer with more than two decades of experience advising on venture financings and M&A transactions totaling more than $1 billion. He is the author of the Amazon bestselling startup law book Acceleration.