LICENSING

licensing. 1. The sale of a license authorizing another to use something (such as computer software) protected by copyright, patent, or trademark. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property  48; Patents  206; Trade Regulation  108. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 27, 29, 33–34, 93; Patents § 342; Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition§§ 209–212.] 2. A governmental body’s process of issuing a license. — Also termed (in sense 2) licensure. [Cases: Licenses  1. C.J.S. Architects § 8; Licenses §§ 2–4.]

 [Blacks Law 8th]