Getting to Yes in International Negotiations Intellectual Property

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Getting to Yes! in International
NegotiationsIntellectual Property Dispute
Resolution

• Ty Lane, CRA, CPCM
• Office of Sponsored Projects
• NCURA REGION V, April 27, 2009

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Intellectual Property Gray Expectations

• Work for Hire terms
• Exclusive and/or nonexclusive royalty-free rights
• Automatic Joint Ownership of all IP
• Setting royalty amount in advance of IP

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Intellectual Property Twists and Turns

• Patent Reform Act of 2009
• Disclosure of BIP disclosed by/known to PI
• Beware the Proprietary stamp
• Perpetual, irrevocable NERFs for non-commercial
  use
• Patent prosecution lead

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Intellectual Property The Long View

• Injunctive relief provisions to stop IP breaches
• No liability caps for IP infringement
• Within arbitration clause, exclude injunctive
  relief for IP breaches
• Mutual moral rights waiver in collaborations
• Retain right to use IP for own research and
  educational purposes

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Dispute Resolution Dissension Prevention
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Dispute ResolutionSignificant Step Clauses
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Dispute Resolution ADR Clauses

• Express agreement to submit disputes to
  arbitration
• Ad Hoc versus institutional rules
• Scope of the clause
• Seat of arbitration
• Number and method of appointing arbitrators
• Language of arbitration