Merchandising Agreement

Use this template to prepare a Merchandising Agreement between an organization which is staging a sporting events, festival or other public event, and a company that is supplying merchandise for sale as an official product of the event, within a specified territory. Provisions of the contract include:

• The organization grants the merchandiser a license to use trade marks, logos and other marks of the organizer in connection with the sale of merchandise, and the marks must appear on all merchandise and packaging.
• Products must comply with the quality standards set by the organizer.
• The merchandiser cannot distribute products to third party vendors who are not acceptable to the organizer.
• Royalty payments are to be paid by merchandiser based on sales of products.
• The merchandiser must carry product liability insurance.
• The merchandiser must promptly notify the organizer in the event of an infringement claim.

This Merchandising Agreement is generic (not country specific) and is available as a downloadable MS Word file.