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Lambert toolkit: model research
collaboration agreements
From:
Intellectual Property Office
First published:
4 June 2010
Part of:
IP for universities: guidance, tools and case studies
There are 5 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to
undertake collaborative research projects together.
Documents
Decision guide
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Guidance notes: research collaboration agreements
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Agreement 1
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Agreement 4
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Agreement 5
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Agreement 5
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Detail
The model agreements contain notes.
These, and any optional wording you do not wish to use (shown in square brackets in the
agreements), should be removed before the agreement is prepared for signature. Use the decision
guide to help choose the model agreement that most closely reflects your requirements.
Lambert model research collaboration agreement 1
The university owns the Intellectual Property (IP) in the results and grants a non-exclusive
licence for the sponsor and its group companies to use the results in a specified business area
(field) and/or a geographical area (territory).
Lambert model research collaboration agreement 2
The university owns the IP in the results and licenses the sponsor and its group companies to use
the results in a specified field and/or territory, and the sponsor has an option to acquire an
exclusive licence in relation to certain results.
Lambert model research collaboration agreement 3
The university owns the IP in the results and licenses the sponsor and its group companies to use
the results in a specified field and/or territory and the sponsor has an option to take an
assignment of the IP in certain results.
Lambert model research collaboration agreement 4
The sponsor owns the IP in the results, but rights are reserved to allow the university to use the
results for academic purposes (including academic publication) on certain conditions to protect
the confidentiality of the Sponsor’s information and so as not to jeopardise the possibility of the
sponsor obtaining a patent for the results.
Lambert model research collaboration agreement 5
The sponsor owns the IP in the results, and the university has no right to publish the results.
(This sort of agreement is usually referred to as a contract research or research services
agreement, rather than a collaborative research agreement.)
Published:
4 June 2010
From:
Intellectual Property Office
Part of:
IP for universities: guidance, tools and case studies
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