1. Structuring Collaborations
Katharine Ku
Stanford University
WIPO Conference
April 25-26, 2005

2. Types of Collaborations
Consulting
Industrial Affiliates/Centers
Material Transfer Agreements
Collaborations
Sponsored Research
Company sponsored research
STTR/SBIR
Licensing
Start-ups
Existing company
Go into each kind

3. Trends in Collaborations
Consulting
Industrial Affiliates/Centers
Material Transfer Agreements
Collaborations
Sponsored Research
Licensing
Consulting: universities are starting to think about revieiwing or making sure consulting doesn’t overlap with university work
Industrial Affiliates: trying to walk a fine line between gifts and giving IP
Material Transfer Agreement: more and more Numbers
Collaborations: chips, equipment, data, biological material, human tissue
Sponsored Research- Master Agreements
Licensing – next slide

4. How we see the world……..
Physical Sciences
Life Sciences
Small Companies
Large Companies

5. Typical Issues Intellectual Property Publication Confidentiality
Ownership
Joint, sole
Licensing
Publication
Confidentiality
Sharing data/material

6. Summary Collaborations are a good thing
Industry-university relationships are not simple
Different cultures
Different expectations
Trust is the key!