1 / 8

Organized by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with

Intellectual Property Management in Universities and Successful Technology Licensing. Organized by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with The National Institute of Intellectual Property of Chile (INAPI) Santiago de Chile, October 21 to 24, 2013.

molly-cervantes
Download Presentation

Organized by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Intellectual Property Management in Universities and Successful Technology Licensing Organized by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with The National Institute of Intellectual Property of Chile (INAPI) Santiago de Chile, October 21 to 24, 2013

  2. Successful Technology LicensingChapter III: Key Terms Cluster 4: Technology Growth and Development

  3. Future Developments • Improvements by Licensor and Licensee • Developments made by any or the parties that the date of the license, that bring new features to licensed products, process or services. Sometimes improvements are know-how, they may also become patents. • Joint Improvements • New products • New patents • Service and support • TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS CHANGING! BUT CONTRACTS are fixed in time.

  4. Future Developments by Licensor • The Problem: Licensor will often make future versions, new products, new patents. • Licensee wants to be able to have these; • Licensor does not want to be bound to grant these; • Rights of first refusal -- can be illusory and waiting periods may hold up other alternative business; • Licensee will generally want access to the latest, but freedom to stay with the old; • Avoid giving license to future patents.

  5. Future Developments by Licensee • Avoid any commitments that limit options to develop new products; • Options to acquire new IP are popular - but on what terms? The terms for a right of first refusal have to be spelled out. • Usual requirementsorfeaturesaboutimprovements: • Difficult to keep other party informed. Mutual obligations to inform the other Party to be accepted after careful consideration. • Be careful as tograntback provisions. • Right to research should be included to allow for improvements. • Access to future developmentscan be negotiated.

  6. Future Developments: Grant Backs by Licensee • Grant backs: when licensee must give back to licensor a licensee to improvements to the licensed technology. Can be mutual. • Platform strategy often involves grant backs: e.g. Linux /Open Source.

  7. Service and Support: Who will Perform, Who will Pay for: • Teaching and training? • Consulting, know how? • Corrections to defects, design flaws? • Maintenance, telephone support? (sometimes a separate contract) • Spare parts?

  8. Clusters 3 and 4: Conclusion • Financial Terms are always related to Clusters 1, 2 and 4. • Look at total value of all aspects of the deal, including new products, new versions, new patents are included. • Use flexibility in deciding how to pay. • Give both sides financial incentives to continue to work together.

More Related