YumikoHamanoLeadConsultant-IPCommercializationPartner,ETCubeInternational
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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