Database overview

Our Royalty Rates database provides premier-quality detailed data on third-party comparable license and franchise agreements involving Intellectual Property and royalty rates, with in-depth overview of functional analysis.

Main features

• High-quality data that complies with the requirements of the OECD and US IRS guidance
• Manually analyzed agreements for up to 50 comparability factors with detailed summaries provided
• No duplicates or redacted agreements
• Every royalty rate is expressed as a percentage
• Detailed DEMPE functional, risk, cost and asset analysis
• Parties to the agreements are checked for independence
• Trademark and Patent images are displayed
• Export in Excel and Word format
• Original agreements available in PDF and online formats
• Data is collected from 20+ official sources worldwide

What is included?

Database filter options

• Keywords
• Industrial classification – NACE
• Industrial classification – SIC
• Intellectual property type
• Term of the license
• Licensor/Licensee search
• Exclusivity
• Industry
• Geographical scope
• Exclusion of related entities
• Exclusion of individuals
• Exclusion of non-profit organizations
• Royalty base
• Royalty rates
• Full-text search
• Boolean search

Intellectual property types

• Brand
• Copyright
• Cross-license
• Franchise
• Goodwill
• Know-how
• License
• Other manufacturing intangibles
• Other marketing intangibles
• Patent
• R&D
• Software
• Sublicense
• Technology
• Trade name
• Trade secret
• Trademark

50 Comparability factors

• Type of intellectual property
• Industry description
• Licensor
• Licensor’s activities
• Licensee
• Licensee’s activities
• Object description
• Geographical scope
• Agreement date
• Effective date
• Cessation date
• Duration terms
• Product limitation
• Exclusivity
• Usage restrictions
• Legal protection
• Useful life
• Development stage
• Enhancements
• Future benefits
• R&D functions
• Marketing functions
• R&D control
• Protection of intangibles
• Quality control
• Unsuccessful R&D risks
• Unsuccessful marketing risks
• Product obsolescence risks
• Infringement risks
• Product liability risks
• Functions costs
• Risks costs
• Other party costs
• R&D costs
• Marketing costs
• Employee knowledge
• Transfer type – rights
• Transfer type – intangibles
• Transfer type – with goods
• Royalty rates
• Base
• Other payments
• Compensation details
• Document title
• Links to original sources
• Patent/trademark no.
• Patent/trademark synopsis
• Patent/trademark image

Additional layer of information

Where available, Patent and Trademark information is provided, including registration numbers, synopses, links, and images from Patent and Trademark filings and official registries.

Built-in tools

The Royalty rates database has two built-in tools:

• Royalty Benchmarking automation tool
• DEMPE Analytics tool