Rothwell joined entertainment and media company IMG in 2006 as executive vice president and co-Managing directors of worldwide licensing and consumer products.

Board member Tim Rothwell is IMG's former executive vice president and co-managing director of worldwide licensing and consumer products.

"These characters have an emotional tug that sticks around," said Leslie Levine, Classic's head of worldwide licensing.

Furthermore, as music shifts more and more into the realm of virtual goods available from any Web browser, how will Apple address the issues of worldwide licensing?

Eddinger is also known for his expertise in worldwide licensing and has been responsible for licensing numerous recordings that have been marketed in the U.S. and in over 50 other countries.

In this case, the plaintiffs postulated the relevant market as being the worldwide licensing of Intel-compatible PC operating systems.

While at Fox, Mr. Backs oversaw financial operations and strategic planning for the television and motion picture divisions and also was involved in worldwide licensing and merchandising.

But David Imhoff, New Line Cinema executive vice president for worldwide licensing and merchandising, said he thought "Lord of the Rings" products would prove Ms. Young and other doubters wrong.

"We have moved to simplify our licensing and removed a confusing array of upgrade options," said Rebecca LaBrunerie, program manager for worldwide licensing and pricing at Microsoft.

ViroMed is currently engaged in partnership discussions for co-development and/or worldwide licensing to commercially develop VM202 for the treatment of cardiovascular disease indications.