Model IP Contracts Save Time
A survey into the use of the Lambert Agreements - a series of model contracts that set out intellectual property (IP) ownership guidelines for collaborative research projects - has found that they are improving the relationship between universities and businesses and save time and money. The Lambert Tool Kit for Collaborative Research, updated for 2008, consists of a set of five Model Research Collaboration (one to one partly pre-negotiated) Agreements to maximise innovation, to encourage university and industry collaboration and to encourage the sharing of knowledge. The news item can be accessed here - http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=405327&c=1 and the model agreements and be accessed here - http://www.innovation.gov.uk/lambertagreements/.
(12/02/2009)