CUSTOMIZING A LEGAL DOCUMENT BY EXTRACTING COMPONENTS FROM A DATABASE

摘要

A method and apparatus for automatically creating a legal document from a plurality of source documents is described. Using this method, a prospective licensor can create a license agreement (318) to meet their specific needs by making choices from a number of options (306) and having that license agreement automatically checked and amended to produce a consistent document. The system of the present invention includes a legal database that is accessible by a plurality of users. The system includes a database for storing legal data for creating a legal document. Access to the legal database is provided to a user to extract legal components from the database in order to create a legal document specific to the needs of the user.