Course overview
This practical and interactive two-day training course will cover all the important aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations that you need to be fully up to date with.
It focusses on the pitfalls and ambiguities to be aware of and avoid in these important and complex agreements. The expert trainer will take you through the stages of project management and guide you on how to achieve precision regarding IP definitions, ownership and use.
By giving you the knowledge of how to best approach your project you will understand how to build relationships and manage the process for better outcomes.
The expert trainer tackles the issues of the academia-industry dichotomy and analyses the key aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations, assessing the areas where things can and do go wrong.
CPD Hours: 12
Course Content
- Day 1
- Module 1: Patent/know-how licences
- Key defined terms and how to avoid traps or ambiguity
- Key financial terms including ‘royalties’, ‘offsets’ and ‘milestones’
- Common pitfalls - part 1
- Common pitfalls - part 2
- Final questions for day one
- Day 2
- Module 2: R&D collaborations
- Key clauses in the contract
- Frequently encountered issues and suggested solutions
- Common pitfalls - part 1
- Common pitfalls - part 2
- Final questions
Speakers
Richard Brady
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.
