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		<title>Advice on upfront  payment or advances in licensing agreements</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[I have a question regarding gett]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I have a question regarding getting an investment company to help pay for the patent fees. What paperwork is usually necessary to request funds from an angel investor to help with the legal fees for the invention? Will I need a business plan? The business [...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Jamye, if you do have other&nbsp]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Jamye, if you do have other&nbsp;options and they will not offer you an agreement that you feel is a win-win, then do as nhgnikole said, and walk&nbsp;to the next one.
But if&nbsp;this company is the&nbsp;only real option, and this is&nbsp;becom]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Thank you for the advice.&nbsp]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
Thank you for the advice.&nbsp; To clarify, the upfront money is for operating expenses to keep my nose above water until the first royality check comes in. To me it seemed appropriate to ask for upfront money if the licensee wants a 40 item product line[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Jamye,&nbsp; every point&nbsp;th]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Jamye,&nbsp; every point&nbsp;that MichaelB made is&nbsp;excellent&nbsp;and right on&nbsp;target.&nbsp; 
I`ll piggyback on his point.&nbsp; I would focus more on the long term royalty stream.&nbsp; I would use the fact that you have 30 - 40 more]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I work in this everyday.&nbsp; T]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I work in this everyday.&nbsp; To me approach is everything.&nbsp; The justifiable&nbsp;reason I ask for upfront monies is in regards to the amount of monies expended to get your product to where it is today such as money paid for IP, out-of-pocket develop[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I had leads that I let get sligh]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Advice-on-upfront--payment-or-advances-in-licensing-agreements.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I had leads that I let get slightly cold, my attorney is following back up some of those leads, it was only a month since the inquiries started. About 6 weeks ago my attorney is a part of a huge business oriented law firm and just sent out an email to his [...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I know someone who gets her mone]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I know someone who gets her money upfront for licensing for exactly the reason you state. I guess it`s all in how you word the contract.Do you have other places you can take your ideas? I mean, are you in the position to say "this is the contract I]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[The company is proposing I recei]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The company is proposing I receive royalty checks every quarter based on a percentage of the gross sales (the details of the percentage have not been worked out yet).&nbsp; However, the product line will not go to market until October and the first quarter[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[How IS  the company proposing to]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[How IS  the company proposing to pay you?]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 5:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
					Hi,I`m new to SuN and wan]]></title>
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					Hi,I`m new to SuN and wanted some advice "upfront money" or "advances on royalities" when
negotiating a licensing agreement. Here is my situation:I`ve
been approached by a
leader in the home textile industry who wants in on the ra]]></description>
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