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Bring a requirement →Licences, value chains and the questions businesses in each industry ask first, with the services that usually apply.
What one country changes for the other, worked journeys step by step, and who handles each side.
When cross-border business becomes a dispute, UNIONE™, also part of the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem, prevents it, resolves it, arbitrates it and plans enforcement. 339 Fellows in 58 countries.
41 jurisdictions, each with primary sources and the date last checked.
Named senior professionals, each admitted as the one firm for a service in their country, and the firms they lead.
One Partner per service, per jurisdiction, admitted by review against published criteria.
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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
Collect royalties owed by a licensee abroad
WONE Global arranges an audit under the licence, quantifies the shortfall, and claims it through negotiation or proceedings in the licensee's country, terminating the licence if necessary.
Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · Nigeria
The situation
A licensee or franchisee is under-reporting sales or not paying royalties.
What is at stake
Under-reported royalties compound every year they go unchecked, and the evidence becomes harder to obtain.
Who faces this
A scenario
Franchise brandMid-sized company · from United Kingdom · in Nigeria, Ghana
It believes its master franchisee in West Africa has been under-reporting for two years.
Where it ends Royalties recovered and reporting fixed.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Royalty audit of a foreign franchisee”“Unpaid licence fees abroad”
The solution
WONE Global arranges an audit under the licence, quantifies the shortfall, and claims it through negotiation or proceedings in the licensee's country, terminating the licence if necessary.
Usually led by Trade marks, patents and brands, with Audit, Disputes and arbitration and Tax and structuring.
Step by step, in the scenario
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
Outcomes
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →
Kraków · PolandWONE Global Capability Partner · Poland
Legal Adviser. Co-founder of the Firm. Has been advising parties on technology contracts for more than a dozen years. Specialises in intellectual property law and new technologies. Provides day-to-day legal services to …
Kampala · UgandaWONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda
Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…
Edmonton · Canada
Medellín · ColombiaWONE Global Capability Partner · Colombia
Quito · EcuadorWONE Global Capability Partner · Ecuador
Experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry. Skilled in International Tax, External Audit, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Income Tax, and Tax. Strong entrepren…
Kowloon · Hong KongWONE Global Capability Partner · Hong Kong
Ms. Chow, our director, graduated from Smith College (US), and obtained her master's degree in Religion from Yale University. She is an associate member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Institu…
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The markets, corridors and guides behind this case, and the questions to put to Ask WONE below. Every link opens a page that links back here.
Markets in the typical case
Services and subject
Worked examples
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
WONE Global Intelligence
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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™
Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.
For this moment
UNIONE™ is the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem's institution for cross-border dispute prevention, resolution, arbitration and enforcement. Like WONE Global, it is part of the ecosystem, and the two work as one. Links open theunione.org. Visit UNIONE™ · Disputes with WONE Global and UNIONE™
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