Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is both a key enabler of medical innovation and an occasional roadblock slowing progress. Learn more about fostering productive dialogue among key stakeholders, best practices and basic assumptions that underpin the current system, innovative legal structures and licensing models that accelerate technology transfer, and emerging and hot-button issues in the world of life sciences IP.
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Tools you can use
CHDI agreement templates
Source: CHDI
Model Provisions for Disease Foundations and Research Institutions
Source: FasterCures
Chordoma Foundation grant award letter
Source: Chordoma Foundation
Foundation agreement with biotechnology/pharmaceutical company
Source: Schaner and Lubitz, PLLC
Mutual non-disclosure agreement
Source: Schaner and Lubitz, PLLC
Michael J. Fox Foundation agreement templates
Source: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Michael J. Fox Foundation agreement template
Source: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Deal checklist
Source: Schaner & Lubitz, PLLC
Choose an MTA: The MTA Toolkit
Source: Association of University Technology Managers
Consortium master collaboration agreement
Source: Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute
Lambert Toolkit for Collaborative Research
Source: Intellectual Property Office, United Kingdom
Research Funders Addendum
Source: Science Commons
Prize announcement for new chordoma cell lines
Source: Chordoma Foundation
NCATS Collaboration Agreement
Source: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
NIH Transfer Agreement Dashboard
Source: National Institutes of Health
National Venture Capital Association model legal documents
Source: National Venture Capital Association
Company-nonprofit material transfer agreement
Source: Karyopharm, Inc.
NIH agreement templates
Source: National Institutes of Health
ipHandbook of Best Practices
Source: Concept Foundation, MIHR, and PIPRA
Biomarkers Consortium IP and data-sharing principles
Source: The Biomarkers Consortium
Chordoma Foundation biobank partner site agreement template
Source: Chordoma Foundation
Memorandum of Understanding for The Learning Collaborative
Source: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Research consortium member agreement
Source: Myelin Repair Foundation
Publications & Events
Everything you ever wanted to know about VP transactions but were afraid to ask
Source: Schaner & Lubitz, PLLC
Venture philanthropy legal report: The importance of an interruption license
Source: Schaner & Lubitz, PLLC
Everything you ever wanted to know about royalties and their monetization but were afraid to ask
Source: Schaner & Lubitz, PLLC
University-foundation relations: From transactional to transformative partnerships
Source: FasterCures
NCATS technology transfer: Best practices
Source: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Partnership continuum: Pathways for beneficial university-industry engagement
Source: University-Industry Demonstration Partnership
Researcher guidebook: A guide for successful institutional-industrial collaborations
Source: University-Industry Demonstration Partnership
Facilitating research collaborations: Using the "right" agreement terms
Source: National Institutes of Health
Impact of gene patents and licensing practices on access to genetic testing for cystic fibrosis
Source: Genetics in Medicine
Impact of gene patents & licensing practices on access to genetic testing for Tay-Sachs & Canavan
Source: Genetics in Medicine
In the public interest: Nine points to consider in licensing university technology
Source: Association of University Technology Managers
OECD guidelines for the licensing of genetic inventions
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
