IP Management · Field Note 6 min read · March 30, 2026

Licensing IP without trapping the licensee.

How to structure a license so the organization using it stays free to operate, leave, and own its own data.

The fastest way to erode trust in a licensing relationship is to make leaving painful. We design licenses the opposite way: the licensee keeps its own data in a portable form, can exit on reasonable notice, and never inherits a dependency it can’t see.

Ownership of the IP stays with us; freedom to operate stays with them. Those two things are not in tension when the agreement is written honestly.

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