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The Licence – the Basics Section 5 Background You may see a "Background" section at the beginning of a licence agreement. This is just a way of setting the scene and briefly describes the purpose of the licence. Try not to include any definitions or specific provisions in this section – these should be in the main body of the licence. Scope What rights am I licensing? You must always specify exactly what you are permitting your licensee to use. If you are licensing the rights to use copyright, such as a piece of written work or software, it is common to refer to this as the "Works". If you are licensing the rights to use a particular piece of technology, certain know-how, a piece of equipment or a model or prototype – this is often referred to as the "Technology" or the "Licensed Technology". In all cases it is important that you describe the IP which you are licensing in as much detail as possible. You can do this in a schedule to the licence agreement by describing the IP, referring to laboratory notebooks which contain the information, or even abstracts. Where you are licensing a registered patent, a design, or a trade mark, refer to the registration details or, if it has not yet been registered, the application details. For example: Patent No. Country Priority Date Registration Date 5688384 UK 02/07/00 02/07/04 Title Remote sensor tracking device Unlike a patent, for instance, you can divide copyright up and just license part of it. You can license one publisher in relation to digital rights and another for non-digital; one publisher for hardback rights and another for softback; one publisher for English language rights and another for French language rights. 27