Licensing audits & consulting · since 1983

The royalties you're owed are hiding in the reporting.

We review licensee royalty reporting for licensors who care about doing it right — recovering what's under-reported and building audit programs that keep reporting honest.

"Making better licensees & superior licensors."

We stay intentionally small so we can work with licensors who are genuinely committed to best practices. Licensing only works when licensors and licensees cooperate — we help licensors become superior by making their licensees better.

Better licensees

Practical, cost-effective royalty audits — not forensic exams.

For 35+ years we've specialized in licensee audits for a select group of licensor clients. Done properly, an audit benefits both sides: it identifies and corrects the common reporting errors that creep into any largely self-reported system, and it reinforces the cooperation that successful licensing depends on.

For licensors

Licensee Audits

A cooperative, correction-focused review that turns unknowns into answers.

  • Identify the unknownsIn a largely self-reporting model, audits surface reporting problems and undisclosed sublicensee arrangements before they escalate — and set a clear standard every licensee understands.
  • Run a program, not one-off auditsA systematic audit program is far more effective than sporadic checks — because you can't reliably predict in advance which licensees need a look.
  • Increase ongoing royaltiesWhen licensees know a predictable audit schedule is in place, reporting improves on its own — generating sustained revenue well beyond any single recovery.
Better & superior licensors

Licensor Consulting

Four decades, ~40 licensor clients, and thousands of licensees — put to work on your program.

  • Onboard new licensees wellPair new agreements with a short narrative document or video so common issues — starting with the Net Sales definition — are settled up front.
  • Sharpen your licensing agreementsA clear Net Sales definition to cut errors, and audit rights built into the standard agreement so reviews create no friction.
  • Strengthen your systemsEstablish in-house royalty processing for quality control, and guidance on reporting-system changes so they stay clear and audit-compatible.
Why it works
When licensees know an audit is coming, the reporting gets better on its own.

A one-off audit recovers a single shortfall. A standing audit program changes behavior — reporting improves across your entire licensee base, and ongoing royalties rise quietly and permanently. That deterrent effect is the real return on an RMA engagement.

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Find out how we can help you.

Tell us a little about your licensing program and we'll follow up to talk through where an audit review makes sense.

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