Approach to take over a patent?

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My colleague's contact has a patent on a simple and easy to produce health related accessory. The patent owner can't continue with their plans to produce the product for financial reasons. What is a good approach for buying or licensing to minimize cost? It is not a burning issue for me, but the idea is interesting and I might be interested in producing the accessory at some point. (I can't spend a lot of money on this now.)

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Steven weinrieb
Patent Attorney

You should analyze the commercial market for the accessory, then analyze what your costs to manufacture will be, assess how much you can market the accessory/device for, and then either have the patent owner assign the rights over to you for an agreed-upon amount of money or you can structure a multi-year licensing agreement.

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