Negotiating & Managing R&D Collaboration Agreements - Live At Your Desk

Introduction

Not all IP can be developed in-house, and so research and development (‘R&D’) collaborations can be key.

What rights should you be entitled to from an R&D collaboration and how do you resolve the tensions between the funders of research and those carrying out the research?

This can be particularly sensitive for charitable and publicly funded organisations, such as universities.

However, if you are the funder, what happens if the key researcher moves on?

This virtual classroom seminar will discuss these and other issues, including the position of UK organisations looking to participate in Horizon Europe research projects post-Brexit and the impact of the new Unitary Patent (‘UP’).

The session assumes that you have a knowledge of contract law as well as a high-level knowledge of the different types of IP that can exist, mainly patents, know-how and copyright.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• What counts as a research contract?
• What is contract research?
• Research integrity
• Costing of research contracts
• Funding, including full economic cost
• Key research management issues e.g., responsibilities, timetable, people, facilities, reporting
• What are background IP and foreground IP?
• Who will own the IP created without anything else?
• Who should own background IP and who should own foreground IP?
• Joint ownership issues
• Licences/access rights
• How the UP might impact your contract
• Standard agreements e.g., Lambert Agreements, Horizon Europe Consortium Agreements
• Dissemination of results
• Withdrawal/termination issues

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.