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FAQs for Designers
There is no limit to the number of products a designer can upload to their account.
When a buyer expresses interest in your design, Products Pending handles the negotiation on your behalf. We’ll consult you about the terms (such as royalties, exclusivity, and usage) and ensure you have final approval before any agreement is signed.
Our team drafts the agreement, manages all admin and signatures, and keeps you updated at every step. Once a deal is finalised, you receive your share of royalties or fees directly through the platform. If you have questions or need support, our team is here to help.
FAQs for Licensees
There is no limit on the number of products a licensee can secure.
Only registered companies and other legal entities (e.g., limited companies, LLPs, corporations, and equivalent) can enter into license agreements on Products Pending. Individuals cannot license products. If you are an individual, you must license through a registered legal entity.
Yes. We request company registration details (e.g., company number, jurisdiction, and registered address) and authorised signatory information to verify eligibility, as part of the registration process.
After signing an NDA, you can browse our private Gallery of protected designs. If you’re interested in licensing a design, simply contact us directly through the platform. All negotiations are handled directly with our team.
We’ll discuss your needs, answer your questions, and agree on terms that work for you. Once terms are set, we draft a bespoke license agreement for you to review and sign. We handle all admin and remain available for ongoing support.
Each licensing opportunity on Products Pending is tied to a specific design asset or set of assets. The details of what’s included in the license are clearly set out in the Gallery listing for each design. This may include:
Sketches or concept drawings
3D visuals or renderings
3D CAD models
Prototypes or physical samples
Supporting documentation (e.g., design rationale, technical specs, manufacturing notes)
whatever is shown and specified for that design.
Assets are licensed “as seen” in the Gallery. What you see in the listing is what’s included in the license, unless otherwise agreed in writing during the negotiation. The final license agreement will reference these assets specifically, so there’s no ambiguity about what’s being transferred or licensed.
No, expressing interest does not automatically remove a design from the Gallery. The design remains available for other potential licensees to view and express interest until a license agreement is formally agreed and signed.
Once the license is finalised, the design will be taken down, and will no longer be available for new licensing opportunities.
FAQs The Vault
If you are registering as a designer to license your product ideas, we will provide you with a free vault account with no fees.
For everyone else, there is a fee of £15 per month or £168 per year, a saving of 10%. For that you can upload as many projects as you wish into your vault.
There is no limit to the number of projects you can upload to your vault account.
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Intellectual property rights (IPR) are legal rights that protect creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, and images used in commerce. These rights allow creators and owners to control how their creations are used and to benefit financially from their use. There are a number of IPR rights, some of which are registered via National IP Offices including:
Patents:
Patents are exclusive rights granted to inventors for a limited period of time, in exchange for publicly disclosing their inventions. Patents cover new, useful, and non-obvious inventions, such as products, processes, or systems. Patents are registered with the National IP Office.
Registered Trademarks:
Trademarks are distinctive signs, such as words, phrases, logos, or symbols, that identify and distinguish a company's products or services from those of its competitors. Trademarks can be registered with the National IP Office to provide additional legal protection over unregistered Trademarks.
Copyright:
Copyright protects original literary, artistic, and musical works, such as books, paintings, and music. Copyrights give the creators of these works the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, and adapt their works for a certain period of time.
Trade Secrets:
Trade secrets are confidential business information, such as formulas, patterns, practices, or processes, that give a company an advantage over its competitors. Trade secrets are protected by law, and companies can take legal action against individuals or organizations that disclose or use their trade secrets without permission.
Product Pending is primarily interested in registered and unregistered design rights.
Design rights are an important tool for protecting the appearance of a product. It allows you to prevent others from using a similar or identical design for their own products, which can be important for maintaining a competitive edge in the market. Design registration can also be useful for enforcing your rights if someone else tries to use your design without permission.
Design registration can provide a number of benefits for protecting your product's appearance and for deterring competitors and can be registered with the National IP Office to provide additional legal protection over unregistered design.
IP Rights play a critical role in promoting innovation, creativity, and economic growth. It provides incentives for people to create new products and ideas, and it helps to protect the investment of time and resources that goes into developing these creations.
You’re probably familiar with the need to protect your tangible business assets such as equipment, vehicles and premises. But are you taking steps to protect your intangible assets – and do you know how to protect your IPR?
Intellectual property (IP) is everything that you, your business and your employees have created using your intellect. It covers everything from your brand and logo to inventions that could turn into products or services. All businesses need to protect their intellectual property rights or run the risk of losing out financially or having their reputation harmed.
Intellectual property belongs to you or your employer and has a value. It’s surprisingly easy for a competitor to use your intellectual property if you don’t take action to protect it.
Having the right type of intellectual property protection helps you to stop people stealing or copying:
the names of your products or brands
your inventions
the design or look of your products
things you write, make or produce
A license is a legal agreement between two parties, in which one party, the licensor, grants the other party, the licensee, the right to use a particular property or intellectual property in a specific way. A license can take many forms, such as a license to use a patented invention, a license to use a copyrighted work, a license to use a trademark or a license to use a registered or unregistered industrial design.
The terms of the license agreement, including the rights and obligations of both the licensor and the licensee, are typically set forth in a written document known as a license agreement. A license agreement may specify the duration of the license, the geographic region in which the property may be used, and any other conditions or limitations on the use of the property.
In many cases, the licensee is required to pay some form of compensation or royalty to the licensor in exchange for the right to use the property.
A license is not the same as a sale, as the licensee does not acquire ownership of the property. Instead, the licensee is granted the right to use the property for a specified purpose and within certain limits, as set forth in the license agreement.
A licensor is the owner of a property or intellectual property (such as a patent, copyright, trademark, registered or unregistered industrial design) that is being licensed to another person or organization.
The licensor is the party that grants the license to the licensee, allowing the licensee to use the property in a specific way.
The licensor retains ownership of the property and may be entitled to receive payment or other compensation from the licensee in exchange for the right to use the property.
The terms of the license agreement, including the rights and obligations of both the licensor and the licensee, are typically set forth in a written document known as a license agreement.
A licensee is a person or organisation that has been granted the right to use or access something that is owned by someone else.
This can take many forms, such as using a patented invention, using a copyrighted work, using a trademark, or registered or unregistered industrial design. In each case, the licensee is given permission to use the property in a certain way, often in exchange for some form of payment or compensation to the owner.
The terms of the license agreement, including the rights and obligations of both the licensee and the owner, are typically set forth in a written document known as a license agreement.
The licensee is essential when it comes to licensing, as they are the ones who take the design idea and take care of the manufacture, marketing and distribution to ensure the product is on display at retailers and make it into the hands of consumers around the world.
To do this, Products Pending grants legal permission for the licensee to use the design ideas. In return, the licensee compensates us by paying fees (royalties) which we share with the designer (licensor).
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) or Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) is a legal contract between two or more parties that establishes a confidential relationship. The purpose of an NDA is to protect sensitive information from being disclosed to third parties. NDAs are commonly used to protect trade secrets, proprietary information, and other confidential business information.
NDAs can be used in a variety of situations, including business relationships, employment relationships, and other situations where sensitive information needs to be shared. In an NDA, the disclosing party agrees to share certain information with the receiving party for a specific purpose. The receiving party agrees to keep the information confidential and not to disclose it to any third parties without the prior written consent of the disclosing party.
NDAs may include provisions regarding the use of the confidential information, the duration of the confidential relationship, and the circumstances under which the information may be disclosed. They may also include provisions regarding the handling and destruction of the confidential information.
A royalty payment is a fee paid by a licensee to a licensor, in exchange for the use of the licensor’s intellectual property. This happens when both parties enter into a licensing deal, which could be as part of a standard intellectual property licensing agreement. The fees that the licensee must pay, and the terms of doing so, are specified in the licensing agreement. The royalties and licensing deal terms are agreed to by both parties. The fee may typically be an amount per licensed item sold or an annual fee, or a combination of the two.