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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing

License technology or know-how abroad

How do we license our technology abroad without losing control of it?

WONE Global structures the licence, sets tax-efficient royalty terms and registers it where required, with IP, tax and contract professionals.

Countries in the typical case Germany · Vietnam

The situation

What is happening

You want income from technology, software or know-how in another country without losing control of it.

What is at stake

A weak licence lets the licensee copy, under-report or keep using the technology after the deal ends.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies

A scenario

Engineering firmMid-sized company · from Germany · in Vietnam

It is licensing its process technology to a Vietnamese manufacturer and worries about copying and under-reported royalties.

Where it ends Royalty income with control kept.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Technology licence to a foreign company”“Royalties from know-how abroad”“We want to license our technology in multiple countries”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global structures the licence, sets tax-efficient royalty terms and registers it where required, with IP, tax and contract professionals.

Usually led by Trade marks, patents and brands, with Contracts and commercial law, Tax and structuring and Customs, trade and export controls.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1IP position in Vietnam checked; patents filed where missing.
  2. Weeks 2-3Licence drafted with audit rights and know-how protection.
  3. Week 4Royalty withholding tax planned under the treaty.
  4. ThenLicence registered locally.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Licence scope, territory, exclusivity and royalty structure
  2. 02Withholding tax on royalties and whether a treaty reduces it
  3. 03Registration of the licence, export controls and confidentiality protections

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A licence agreement fit for both countries
  • Tax-efficient royalty flows confirmed
  • Registrations and approvals completed where required

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Who handles it

Trade marks, patents and brands, market by market

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.

  1. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Vietnamin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Poland WONE Global Partner Anna Pawlikowska · Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Anna PawlikowskaKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Anna Pawlikowska

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

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 …

Tony Galandi KiireKampala · Uganda

WONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda

Tony Galandi Kiire

Managing Partner · Diamond Advocates · Kampala

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…

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

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