Licensing trademarks is a staple of modern business practice, affecting large and small companies alike, across the spectrum of industries. In order to provide businesses with an accessible resource for a subset of trademark licensing transactions, the International Chamber of Commerce has prepared this Model International Trademark License agreement.

Designed for use by non-specialists in the area who are seeking reliable guidance and an adaptable contractual framework, this model covers situations where the owner of a known trademark licenses the mark to a manufacturer of products other than those made by the trademark owner. As with existing ICC model contracts, the model seeks to balance the interests of the licensor and licensee across a range of industries, and provides comprehensive notes and guidance regarding issues requiring consideration by the parties.

This is the latest in a series of successful ICC model contracts prepared by a dedicated Task Force under the auspices of the ICC’s Commission on Commercial Law and Practice, chaired by Professor Fabio Bortolotti (Italy). The model has benefited from the active participation of the following Task Force members: Fabio Bortolotti, Chair (Italy); Christian Aschauer (Austria); Pietro Balbiano di Colcavagno (Italy); Thierry Bonnet (France); Stanley Chaney (France); Aude Gazet-Talvande (France); Claudia Kolb (Italy); Terry Peacock (South Africa); Anne-Marie Pecoraro (France); Caroline Poux-Guillaume Kaenzig (France); Beatrice Renggli (Switzerland); Robert Valenti (Italy); Jef Vandekerckhove (Netherlands); Marco Venturello (Italy).