Partner Chad Rutkowski authored a “Practice Note” on data license agreements that has been published by Lexis. The note provides industry guidance on how data can be “owned” through intellectual property protections and licensed to third parties. It highlights important data license provisions, including permissible uses of licensed data, data security and confidentiality, data controls and audits, and legal risk shifting. The lifecycle of data and data markets are also discussed to give context to the licensing guidance.
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