Parties

• Licensor
• Licensee

When To Use

For use where Licensor grants distribution rights to Licensee-advertiser for specialty Software Product(s) on a "private-label" or co-branded basis for purposes of advertising Licensee's products or services.

For example, specialty Software Product(s) may be any software product (e.g. screen savers or micro browsers) that may be downloaded from a website and distributed for free to prospective customers.

Licensor sells advertising rights on Specialty Product(s) to Licensee and grants to Licensee distribution rights for the Specialty Product(s).

Software Product(s) are distributed in digital form as downloadable files.

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This is not a static downloadable form -- my embedded logic selects, orders, arranges, and formats my carefully worded clauses from the ContractMaker database and "intelligently" assembles your document -- you're empowered to create a near-custom agreement with 1000's of meaningful variations.

Features And Options

• The keys to establishing a successful distributor-reseller relationship are to clearly and concisely set out the rights and limitations of the distributor-reseller (including market segmentation and branding options that will optimize the value Licensor's overall distribution channels) while providing for appropriate support for the distributor-reseller -- this agreement is strong in both areas
• Option for "reseller"-type agreement (where Licensee is authorized to distribute only to end-users)
• Option for "distribution"-type agreement (where Licensee is authorized to distribute to resellers with the option to distribute also to end-users)
• Branding options include branding by Licensor only, by Licensee's "private label" branding only, or co-branding
• Segment market by territory
• Segment market by field of use: platform or vertical market
• Exclusive dealing option (requiring Distributor-Reseller not to deal in competitive Products)
• Flexible technical support and warranty options
• Options for unilateral or reciprocal confidentiality obligations
• Optional warranties regarding rights
• Option for dispute resolution by arbitration

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One of the great benefits of our ContractMaker service is that if you're not sure how to structure your transaction, or if you want to develop "fall back" positions for negotiation purposes, you may draft alternate variations of this document at no extra charge to assist you in developing your strategies.