Royalty Rate Database & License Agreements

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Royalty Rates

Concept: RoyaltySource has been tracking intellectual property news and licenses related to technology (patent, know-how, trade secret, and business method), software, trademark, trade name, brand or logo, copyright and right of publicity for 30 years. In addition, we also collect franchise agreements as well as fee agreements such as agency/representation, commission sales, consultant, services agreements, etc.

We apply a two-tier screening process to ensure the most comprehensive database of royalty payments, without the inclusion of irrelevant records. Using proprietary technology, our IT specialists pre-screen the massive amount of information, selecting only those transactions containing royalty rates (%). The second tier is performed by intellectual property experts. They check record by record to assure that RoyaltySource's clients receive comprehensive and relevant data. To get more insight, please click on RoyaltySource Service Overview

Usability: Clients use our reports for several purposes, including license agreement negotiation, valuation, litigation, infringement damage measurement, and transfer pricing.

Deliverable: We will forward you a login to access a summarized list of records based on your request. You select and pay for only those that are relevant to you.
We'll deliver a final report in (Word and Excel format) with all selected records, featuring an abstract page detailing:

Royalty rates as a percentage of some financial bottom line
Licensee and Licensor information
Description of the property licensed or sold, such as IP Property, Field of Use
Other compensation, such as milestone and upfront payments
Transaction terms, such as agreement date, exclusivity, geographical restrictions
Arm’s length or related party status as available
Source of information (SEC filings, news articles, company news releases)

Please click on the link to view an example of the final product in word: View Example

The 2021 Royalty Rate Industry Summary Report is available at the RoyaltySource Industry Study website, https://selfserve.royaltysource.com/royaltyrateindustrystudy/

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Q:	What type of agreements are included in the database?

We have Intellectual Property and Intangible Asset license agreements. We also have Franchise agreements and other Fee related agreements. The Fee agreements include: Service, Commission Sale, Management, Consultant, Representation/Agency and etc. We do not collect agreements related to mineral rights (such as gas, ore, iron, and gravel).

Q:	What is the source of your information?

Our primary source is the US SEC Filings. We also expand that source to include periodicals such as newspaper articles, professional journal articles and press releases. From these sources we find US and non-US agreements. For the US SEC Filing sources, i.e. 10-k, 10-Q, S-1 etc. and periodicals where an actual agreement is not available, the information varies from that detailed in an actual agreement. However, the minimum details included in our records are the names of the parties to the license, a description of the property licensed, and the royalty rate charged.

Q:	How often do you update your database?

Every day. We constantly search for agreements.

Q:	How many years of agreements are available in the database?

The beginning of our efforts to collect and report licensing data started in September 1990. That data formed the core of our database offering in June 1997. We do not have all licenses from September 1990 until now. Electronic reporting of US SEC Filings began in 1995 and we have been actively searching those files every day since that time to capture the publicly-released agreements.

Q:	Does the database include agreements from around the world?

Yes. We include all agreements, but most of the agreements involve U.S. parties. Within each agreement, the rights to specific geographic territories is defined and covered in our database if our source of information reports that data.

Q:	Does the database include Renewed or Renegotiated agreements?

If a renewed or renegotiated agreement included a royalty payment indication and it was released to the public, we have the agreement.

Q:	Do you report if the parties to the agreements are related or unrelated?

The simple answer is sometimes. If the source of information clearly states the relationship between the parties, we will capture that information. Further, investigation by the researcher may help add clarity to the relationship of the parties after purchase.

Q:	Do you provide copy of standard user agreement for each royalty request review?

While we do not have a formal licensing contract that details the limitations on the usage of our data, we do expect our clients to conform to the following terms and conditions. We understand that our licensed data will be used as support in professional reports and testimony. We do limit the use of our data to providing that professional service. If you want to share the data with other professionals in your firm for use in other reports and testimony, that is fine. If you plan to use the data for presentations or educational purposes, we simply ask that you give a call and let us know. However, proper attribution is expected in all uses. Finally, we prohibit the reselling of our data or sharing it with our competitors.


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