基本説明
Provides a term-by-term analysis of material terms in licensing and development agreements, with definitions, best practices, and sample clauses.
Full Description
Technology licensing and development agreements are increasingly important to businesses in both the United States and abroad, in industries including computer hardware and software, nanotech, biotech, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, bioinformatics, energy, and environmental technology. Technology Licensing and Development Agreements is an indispensable guide for business people, technologists, and lawyers who deal with intellectual property and contracts. The book provides practical advice on how to conduct negotiations, how to draft agreements, and how to monitor compliance. The author discusses technology contracts in the context of intellectual property strategy, and provides a framework for selecting and adjusting IP strategies. Chapters on material terms define, analyze, and discuss best practices, and offer sample clauses for more than 40 material terms. Additional chapters address special contexts for technology agreements, including antitrust and university contracts. The book includes specific chapters devoted to IP valuation, with clear explanations of methodology, and ethics in technology contracting, providing practical examples and a checklist.
An accompanying convenient CD includes more than 20 helpful form contracts and templates.
Contents
PREFACE ; CHAPTER 1: LICENSING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS DEFINED ; CHAPTER 2: IP STRATEGY ; CHAPTER 3: HOW TO PREPARE FOR NEGOTIATIONS ; CHAPTER 4: THE MATERIAL TERMS OF LICENSE AGREEMENTS ; CHAPTER 5: THE MATERIAL TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ; CHAPTER 6: VALUATION OF IP ; CHAPTER 7: UNIVERSITY & NATIONAL LABORATORY AGREEMENTS ; CHAPTER 8: STANDARDS LICENSING AND ANTITRUST ; CHAPTER 9: ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT ; CHAPTER 10: NEGOTIATING TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS ; CHAPTER 11: DRAFTING & MONITORING TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS ; CHAPTER 12: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT ; APPENDICES I AND II ARE ON THE CD INCLUDED IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK: ; APPENDIX I: FORM AGREEMENTS ; APPENDIX II: FORM TEMPLATES ; APPENDIX III: RESOURCES ; APPENDIX IV: IP BASICS ; TABLE OF CASES ; INDEX
