Avoiding Pitfalls in Patent/Know-How Licences and R&D Collaborations Training Course

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Oct 25, 2023, 05:00 ET

DUBLIN, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Avoiding Pitfalls in Patent/Know-How Licences and R&D Collaborations Training Course" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The programme includes practical exercises using draft agreements to exemplify the points discussed and help embed learning.

Key topics to be covered at this seminar:

Pitfalls and ambiguities to avoid
Project management
Achieving precision regarding IP definitions, ownership and use
Project and relationship management
The academia-industry dichotomy

Why you should attend

Attend this comprehensive one-day seminar to:

Ensure you have the practical mastery to give you the edge in crucial IP agreements
Analyse and discuss the key aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations
Assess the areas where things can and do go wrong using draft agreements
Take away practical advice that will aid you in your day-to-day role
Compare experiences with delegates from across Europe

Who Should Attend:

Patent attorneys
In-house lawyers
Private practice lawyers
Contracts managers
Technology transfer managers
Others involved in patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations

Agenda

Introduction

Setting the scene - licences in the morning, R&D collaborations in the afternoon.
Each session will be based on a real contract, covering what the parties wanted out of the arrangement, why key clauses were in there and the problems they encountered, legal, technical and relationship-wise, when implementing the contract.
Lessons learned by the parties and their advisors from each scenario.

Module 1: Patent/know-how licences

Key defined terms and how to avoid traps or ambiguity regarding:

Territory
Field
Exclusivity

Key financial terms including 'royalties', 'offsets' and 'milestones'

The key aspects of provisions covering milestones and royalties
Scope of licence and non-competition provisions
Liability and dispute resolution

Common pitfalls

Defining the licensed IP
Licences of improvements
IP warranties
Dispute resolution

Module 2: R&D collaborations

Key clauses in the contract

Each party's aims
Allocation of responsibility
Background IP applied
Plans for Foreground IP

Problems encountered

Role of the grantor
Project coordination
Letting problems fester
Diverging agendas
The solution

Common pitfalls

Confidentiality vs publication
Patenting vs sharing
Herding diverse stakeholders
Change of control or key personnel
National idiosyncrasies, Germany and China examples

Speakers:

Richard Brady
British Legal Centre

Richard Brady is a lawyer who has spent many years working in Europe and the Middle East in the legal, financial and insurance arenas. He has a degree from Cambridge College of Teachers (2005) on Teaching English and founded the British Legal Centre in 2010.

He has taught professional legal skills in many companies around the World, including Deloitte and Touche, EY, White & Case, Baker McKenzie, Shalakany Law Office, DLA Piper and Clifford Chance. He has also conducted live training courses at legal departments of corporations, including: Shell Oil, Master Foods, Air Liquide, DAMAC (Dubai), ENKA (Turkey) EMBRACO/Whirlpool (Brazil), and Mowasalat (Qatar).

His specialist areas include contract law, contract drafting, M&A in the pharma industry, arbitration law and FIDIC contracts.

For more information about this conference visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/3kbynx

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