CPC, Version 2 - Code 733
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733 - Licensing services for the right to use intellectual property and similar products
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Explanatory note
This group includes:
- permitting, granting or otherwise authorizing the use of intellectual property products and similar products.
This covers rights to exploit these products, such as licensing to third parties; reproducing and publishing software, books, etc.; using patented designs in production processes to produce new goods and so on.
Limited end user licences, which are sold as part of a product (e.g., packaged software, books) are not included here.
This group does not include:
- licence fees as integral part of consumer goods (e.g., books, records, software), see corresponding subclass in sections 0-4
- preparation, drafting and certification services concerning patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, cf. 82130
- legal services related to drawing up or certification of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, cf. 82130
- management services for copyrights and their revenues (except from motion pictures), cf. 85999
- management services for rights to industrial property (e.g., patents, licences, trademarks, franchises etc.), cf. 85999
- management services for motion picture rights, cf. 96140
- management services for artistic rights, cf. 96290