exclusive licensee

An exclusive licensee is a legal person who has been granted a licence or a permission to use or enter upon some property to the exclusion of all others, including the owner of the property. Sometimes, special rights attach to these types of licensees, for instance exclusive licensees are entitled to commence proceedings for infringement of copyright in their own right, without the permission of the owner of copyright.

See exclusive licence.

Usage: An exclusive licensee commenced proceedings for copyright infringement.

Related Words: exclusive licence; exclusive licensor; property; sublicenses; intellectual property; licence; copyright; patent; trade mark; registered design rights; registered trade mark; non-exclusive licence; intellectual property licensing; litigation; trade mark infringement; copyright infringement; confidential information; patent infringement; design infringement.