Better practices for managing intellectual assets in collaborations

Research Technology Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-66

  Mehlman, Stewart K ^a   Uribe Saucedo, Silvia ^b   Taylor, Ronald P ^c   Slowinski, Gene ^d,e   Carreras, Ed ^f   Arena, Chris ^g  

^a PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

^b KELLOGG COMPANY   (United States)

^c IP Analysis for Intellectual Assets Inc

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Alliance Management Group Inc   (United States)

^f Atlanta Office of Woodcock Washburn   (United States)

^g Atlanta Georgia Office of Woodcock Washburn   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; Intellectual property; Open innovation; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION;

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INTELLECTUAL ASSETS; JOINT DEVELOPMENT; OPEN INNOVATION; POWER SHIFT; SCARCE RESOURCES; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 75749152372     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: 19300166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2010.11657612     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Slowinski, Gene, Hummel, Edward and Kumpf, Robert. 2006. Protecting Know-how and Trade Secrets in Collaborative R&D Relationships. Research-Technology Management, Vol.49, No.4, pp. 30-38.
2. Slowinski, Gene and Sagal, Matthew W. 2006. Allocating Patent Rights in Collaborative Research Agreements. Research-Technology Management, Vol.49, No.1, pp. 51-59.
3. Slowinski, Gene, Johnson, Albert, Hummel, Edward, and Story, Bruce. 2008. Building University Relationships in China. Research-Technology Management, Vol.51, No.5, pp. 13-16.
4. Witzman, Stewart et al. 2006. Sourcing External Technology for Innovation. Research-Technology Management, Vol.49, No.3, pp. 19-27.
5. Slowinski, Gene and Zerby, Kim. 2008. Protecting IP in Collaborative Research. Research-Technology Management, Vol.51, No.5, pp. 58-65.
6. Space does not allow us to go into detail on every important clause in a JDA. There are a number of excellent books and articles on the topic. The interested reader is directed to: Arena, Christopher and Carreras, Eduardo. The Business of Intellectual Property;
7. Villeneuve, T., Gunderson, R. and Kaufman, D. Corporate Partnering: structuring and negotiating domestic and international strategic alliances; Aspen Law and Business, third edition;
8. and Goldscheider Robert. The New Companion to Licensing Negotiations: Licensing Law Handbook, 1996-1997 edition.
9. Clark Boardman Callaghan, New York, NY.
10. See Arena, Christopher M. and Carreras, Eduardo M. 2009. Business Models, Value Chains and Value Propositions. Intellectual Asset Management Magazine 34, March/April, pp. 49-55.
11. The content of this section draws heavily from Ref. 2.
12. The actual words are found in United States patent law at 35 U.S.C. 262: "In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, each of the joint owners of patent may make, use, offer to sell or sell the patented invention within the United States, or import the patented invention into the United States, without the consent of, and without accounting to the other owners." Laws in other countries may differ.