DRAFTING R&D, COLLABORATION &
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENTS
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Topics covered at this seminar:
n R&D sponsorship and collaboration agreements
n EU framework consortium agreements
n Other types of academic and commercial research collaborations and joint ventures
n Legal structures for multi-party collaboration
n Core drafting issues
n Competition law and other legal issues
n Case studies and drafting exercises
Seminar Leader:
Mark Anderson Anderson Law LLP, Solicitors
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WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
SEMINAR LEADER
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Mark Anderson is rated in
Chambers Directory 2013 as a
leading UK lawyer in the fields of life
science transactions and intellectual
property and in the international
guide, IAM Licensing 1000, as one
of the top 6 UK lawyers in the field
of patent licensing.
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Learn why it is important to structure your R&D agreement
in the right way
Review and discuss core policy
and drafting issues
Understand the different perspectives of academic parties,
commercial parties and institutional funding bodies
Become familiar with some of the legal issues affecting R&D agreements including competition
law, choice of law and jurisdiction,
and intellectual property ownership issues
Complete practical exercises on drafting and case studies to consolidate learning
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
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Contracts Managers
Technology Transfer Managers
Lawyers (both in-house and external)
Patent Attorneys
Others who are involved in the negotiation, drafting and management of R&D agreements
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TO 25; EARLY BOOKING
RECOMMENDED
ACCREDITATION
This seminar merits 6 CPD hours,
and may be relevant training under
the IPReg CPD self-accreditation
scheme.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A Certificate of Attendance for
Professional Development will be
given to each participant who
completes the seminar.
Programme
09.30u Introduction
• Outline of today’s programme
• Overview of issues that commonly arise when negotiating R&D agreements
09.45u Legal structure for the R&D agreement
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Use of contractual, corporate and non-binding legal structures
Types of R&D agreement that are encountered including two-party and multi-party collaborations, JVs, centres of excellence, etc
10.30u Priorities in different types of agreement and for different types of party
• Perspectives of academic, commercial, funding parties
11.00
u Coffee
11.15
u Core drafting issues
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Work and payments
Confidentiality, publications
IP, exclusivity, commercialisation strategy
Duration, termination, withdrawal from and joining consortium
12.00u Drafting exercises
12.45u Lunch
13.45u Ancillary agreements
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• CDAs, MTAs, term sheets, options, etc.
14.30u Case study
• Problems with third party IP in an EU Framework consortium agreement
15.00u Tea
15.15u Other legal issues
• Competition laws, IP ownership issues, choice of law and jurisdiction, liability clauses, etc.
16.15u Review of “bad” collaboration agreements
17.00u Close of seminar