Preserving your company’s interests in joint-development and collaborative agreements
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2010-03-23
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Preserving your company’s interests in joint-development and collaborative agreements
Joint Development & Collaboration Technology
- Structuring a “flexible” agreement that can be adjusted based on the evolving needs of the parties and the technology that is being developed
- Ensuring provisions are included to address ownership of the jointly-created technology: assignment vs. license; field of use limitations; exclusivity; grant-back rights; “background” IP rights
- Delegating responsibility for indemnification, representations and warranties among the parties
Discussing what companies seek from universities
- Delineating what constitutes an alliance vs. a partnership when licensing technology with a university
- Understanding typical business models for establishing relationships with universities
- Negotiating key terms in the license agreement – retained rights, diligence, patent challenge language, sublicensing
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