Product licensing information

In this example, the screen displays the Retail type license. Retail media includes a lowercase "r" before the ". WW" in the folder name and before the "WW. For example, the installation file for Proplus retail is Proplus r WW. Proplus non-retail is ProplusWW.

At the command prompt, type cscript ospp. To determine the Office volume license type on a Mac, open an Office app such as PowerPoint , select the name of the app in the menu, and then select About app. To determine the Office subscription license type, open an Office app such as PowerPoint , select the name of the app in the menu, and then About app.

You will only need to settle royalties and not an upfront development cost when licensing. You do not lose a lot of capital if the product does not do well in the market. An annual minimum royalty may be required for a certain amount of time depending on the licensing agreement.

Advanced business models may become available that make licensing opportunities antiquated. The licensee may be forced to accept certain restrictions in terms of marketing through the agreement.

Licensors may disagree with some of the executive decisions, and the venture may fail from poor execution of strategy. Comparing licensing to crowdsourcing, licensing will cost more because you will need to invest more money to make it worthy enough to be licensed. UpCounsel accepts only the top 5 percent of lawyers to its site. Encouraging a big-name brand to sign a licensing agreement can be hard, though.

This is what Bob Diee and partner Glenn Luthy did to produce their baseball cap-shaped computer mouse. Eventually they signed a licensing agreement and got Champs Sports and Yankee Stadium to carry the product. Jeff and Maureen Kendall took another approach to licensing brands for their kids apparel line, Little Ruler.

They obtained licenses from bands and skateboard brands for their clothing line. But they only sell 20 percent in stores. They sell the rest on their own e-commerce site. Connect with the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association to learn more and find potential partners.

You may need a patent, a distribution plan, a history of selling similar products, or a lucrative royalty offer. Most inventors also have a strong knowledge of their markets or substantial funding in place. If Windows came preinstalled on your PC, the product key should appear on a sticker on your device. To ensure your product key is genuine, see How to tell your software is genuine and How to tell your hardware is genuine.

For info about how to tell if your copy of Windows is genuine Microsoft software, see the How to tell page. For more Windows 11 download info, see Download Windows For more Windows 10 download info, see Download Windows If you need installation media to install or reinstall Windows, see Create installation media for Windows to learn how to create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD.

If you need more help with activation, see Activate Windows. If you're getting an activation error, see Get help with Windows activation errors. See Activation in Windows for more info. If you're reinstalling Windows 10 or Windows 11 due to a motherboard problem or some other hardware issue, see Reactivating Windows after a hardware change.

If you're looking for product keys for Office, apps, games, and more, see Find your Microsoft downloads and product keys. Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8. A copy of Windows 10 or Windows 11 from an authorized retailer.