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Summary |
License Management International (LMI) was founded in 2000 in response to a critical need from the world's leading technology companies and other entities for unbiased, thorough administrative management for licensing their intellectual property (IP), trade secrets and other licensable tangible items. These entities, while interested in revenue generation and market expansion associated with sharing IP, did not want to dedicate the time, personnel and resources necessary to build and sustain a successful licensing practice. Also, the companies wanted to ensure that all licensees - including fierce competitors - were treated in a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory manner. LMI has built a successful business by providing the administrative and cryptographic value generation services associated with sharing IP for its clients. With a client portfolio of prominent corporations and the world leading technology companies they represent, LMI is growing in renown as the one-stop-shop for license administrative management. Back to Table of Contents |
Situation |
Consumers and businesses worldwide are embracing the communications and computing revolution - they are using their PCs, televisions and other electronic devices to access, enjoy and utilize digital information in new and exciting ways. LMI's clients include entities representing technologies that are key to the digital information revolution. Developers of such new technologies realize that the value to sharing patented and proprietary information lies in creating and supporting complementary technologies, building new markets and increasing existing market opportunities. When this happens, technology companies are able to bring more advanced, robust and useful products and services to the end-user. However, a barrier to expansion is the often burdensome, time-consuming and costly licensing process. Back to Table of Contents |
Strategy |
LMI has revolutionized the license management process by providing end-to-end administrative and cryptographic services to its clients in a cost effective manner. As the one-stop source for license management, LMI has streamlined the process, and can save its clients valuable time, money and resources. LMI provides economies of scale by sharing overhead resources that its clients would have to otherwise provide individually. Unlike other firms that only provide specific services for administrative license management, LMI manages the entire process. As a result, LMI's clients enjoy revenue generation and market expansion by sharing IP, while remaining focused on key initiatives of their own business such as development, partnerships, and sales. |
LMI also provides license execution services through agency agreements on behalf of its clients, to reduce its clients administrative costs and expedite response time to licensees. This service is especially beneficial with multi-company entities, as it would likely take months to route each license to each company within the entity for signature. By executing licenses, LMI further eases the license administration process to ensure both licensors and licensees can focus on their core business. |
LMI's clients' licensing efforts are protected by a firewall of integrity, as all licensees are treated in an unbiased manner during transactions. This is particularly important when working with a large number of qualified licensees, or when working directly with fierce competitors that may have competitive technologies. |
A key component of the licensing process is providing cryptographic values generation services to clients. LMI has experience in providing a secure facility for the generation of cryptographic values. LMI's highly trained technical staff has vast experience with a range of technologies, giving LMI's clients confidence in the accuracy and reliability of cryptographic value generation. |
LMI is poised for growth as its existing and new clients realize the vast benefits of outsourcing their administrative license management. As more companies face slashed budgets and uncertain economic times, they will turn to LMI to ensure that the very important, revenue-generating function of licensing is handled thoroughly, professionally and accurately. Back to Table of Contents |
Services |
LMI delivers professional, reliable, value-based services to its clients at a fraction of the cost it would take to sustain personnel and resources in-house. LMI's services include: |
Administration of Licenses: LMI provides administrative management services for the licensing of intellectual property, trade secrets and other licensable tangible items. LMI acts on behalf of the licensor to provide the licensees with pertinent information and cryptographic values, and to collect fees and royalties associated with licensing. |
Execution of Licenses: LMI can execute, or sign, a license on behalf of its clients, reducing licensors administrative costs and expediting the response time to licensees. |
Cryptographic Value Generation: LMI's technical staff has vast experience in cryptographic value generation for protecting content. |
Financial Management: If a client desires, LMI can invoice and collect specific fees and/or royalties for licenses from licensees. In turn, LMI will also distribute licensee payments to its clients, the licensors. |
Reporting: LMI will provide detailed reports on financial tracking and license activity on an ongoing basis. LMI clients receive communication that is professional, accurate and timely. |
Website Hosting and Email Lists: If a client desires, LMI can host its clients license-oriented Web sites in order to provide licensees with updated information, such as license agreements, technical documentation, white papers and other technical guidance. LMI also can maintain private, reflector email lists for its clients. LMI keeps both web sites and email lists current by making authorized change requests in a timely manner. |
Other Services: LMI provides value-added services to aid its clients' licensing efforts, including support for the product verification process with review boards and associations, interface with industry groups, legal support for license creation/maintenance and first level technical support. Back to Table of Contents |
Representative Clients |
Currently, LMI is servicing a range of industry-leading entities, including: |
DVD Copy Control Association: The DVD CCA is responsible for licensing the Content Scramble System, which protects against unauthorized copying of DVD content. |
4C Entity: Responsible for licensing several technologies to protect digital information, including the CPRM / CPPM specification that defines a method for protecting entertainment content when recorded on physical media; the Content Protection System Architecture (CPSA) which makes it possible to integrate major existing content protection technologies; and the 4C/Verance Watermark for DVD Audio copy protection. Back to Table of Contents |
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