Collaborate With Â鶹´«Ã½
Partnering with businesses and organizations to address R&D challenges is an important part of Â鶹´«Ã½'s mission. Our faculty, staff, and students are well positioned to help you solve issues facing your company or take advantage of emerging opportunities. As a public university, however, our assistance must be conducted under a contract, and we are obligated to charge for services we provide. Fortunately, Â鶹´«Ã½'s Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP) is here to make it easy for you, and we have a number of contract templates for non-disclosure, research services, and master agreements.
One area of legitimate concern for many of our partners is the availability of novel intellectual property, especially patentable inventions, produced during collaborative R&D projects with Â鶹´«Ã½. To address this, we have established industry-friendly options for securing the rights to commercialize any technologies that come out of R&D collaborations:
Â鶹´«Ã½ Easy Exclusive
- Partner pays full direct and indirect costs of R&D project.
- Pre-pays additional 10% of total project costs for exclusive worldwide license to any novel inventions that result from the R&D.
- No annual minimums; no time limits; no milestones on commercialization.
- Partner guides patenting activities and pays all costs.
- Partner agrees to pay royalty rate of 1% on net product sales.
- Partner is free to sublicense/cross-license.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Easy Non-Exclusive
- Partner pays full direct and indirect costs of R&D project.
- Pre-pays additional 10% of total project costs for non-exclusive worldwide license to any novel inventions that result from the R&D.
- No annual minimums; no time limits; no milestones on commercialization.
- Partner guides patenting activities and pays all costs.
- No royalty payments, but may not be sublicensed/cross-licensed.
- Option to negotiate an exclusive royalty-bearing license within six months of end of R&D project.
Traditional Approach
- Partner pays full direct and indirect costs of R&D project.
- Â鶹´«Ã½ and business partner negotiate a license for novel inventions within six months after the project is complete.