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CollaborativeResearchContracts

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Topics

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•  Technologytransferandcommercialization•  Collaborationcontractsandagreements

InnovationManagement

Technology

BusinessIntellectualProperty

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IPCommercialization

CommercializationR&D Patent

application

Licensing

FromLaboratorytoMarket

Start-up/ Spin-off

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CREATION PROTECTION EXPLOITATION

Technology Transfer

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• Sales of IP (Acquisition) • Licensing • Start-up and Spin-off

IP Commercialization

R&DPATENTAPPLICATION

COMMERCIALIZATION

CREATION PROTECTION EXPLOITATION

TECHNOLOGYSALESLICENSINGSTART-UPS

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Univ.Industry

LegallyboundContractsandAgreementsfor

R&DCollaborationandTechnologyCommercialization

•  Contractresearchagreement•  Collaborativeresearchagreement•  ConsultingAgreement•  KnowhowAgreement•  Materialtransferagreement(MTA)•  Confidentialityagreement(NDA)•  Participationagreement•  Licensingagreement

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•  Alsocalledas“confidentialityagreement”•  Anyinformationdisclosedtoanotherparty•  NDAspreventthirdpartiesfromusingtheinformation

disclosedwithoutthepermission•  NDAsareoftenexchangedbeforelicensingnegotiation•  CompaniesoftenrequestresearcherstosignNDAsbefore

enteringresearchcontracts

NonDisclosureAgreement(NDA)

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NDAprovisionsinclude:

•  Identificationofparties•  Identificationofconfidentialinformation•  Definitionofpurposesforwhichinformationcanbeused

•  E.g.,solelyforpurposesofevaluatingalicensingopportunity

•  Requirementsforreturn/destructionofconfidentialinformation

•  Duration

NonDisclosureAgreement(NDA)

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NDAdoesnotapplyto:

•  Informationinthepublicdomain•  Informationalreadypossessedbytherecipient•  Informationdisclosedtotherecipientthroughlegitimatemeans

NonDisclosureAgreement

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•  Contracts that govern the transfer of physical assets,

•  Typically biological materials (reagents, cell lines, plasmids, vectors, seeds, plants, and micro organism etc.) that are transferred for the purpose of research or commercialization

•  Chemical compounds •  MTA ensure transfer of

possession but not legal title

MaterialTransferAgreement(MTA)

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•  Prohibits the recipient of confidential information/material from using the information to develop a similar product.

•  The clause is often included in a NDA/MTA/License

Agreement

•  Commonly used when the disclosed information is source code, product designs or other designs.

“No Reverse Engineering: Recipient shall not analyze, decompile, or reverse engineer or cause a third party to analyze, decompile or reverse engineer any Confidential Information for any purpose”.

NoReverseengineeringClause

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