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Avoiding Pitfalls in Patent/Know-How Licences and R&D Collaborations Training Course

Analyse the key aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations, assessing the areas where things can and do go wrong.

★★★★★ "The speakers and content were of a very high standard."

27 November 2025 »
from £599

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Format: Live online
CPD: 6 hours for your records
Certificate of completion

Course overview

This one-day course will give you an insight into the important aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations that you need to be up to date with.

It focusses on the pitfalls and ambiguities to avoid in these important and complex agreements, takes you through the stages of project management and guides you on how to achieve precision regarding IP definitions, ownership and use.

By giving you the knowledge of how to best approach your project you will know how to build relationships and manage the process for better outcomes.

The expert trainer tackles the issues of the academia-industry dichotomy and analyses the key aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations, assessing the areas where things can and do go wrong.

This course is part of our collection of IP & Patents Training Courses.

Benefits of attending

By attending this comprehensive one-day seminar you will:

Ensure you have the practical mastery to give you the edge in crucial IP agreements
Analyse the key aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations
Assess the areas where things can and do go wrong using draft agreements
Take away practical advice that will aid you in your day-to-day role
Compare experiences with delegates in similar roles

Who should attend

This course has been designed to give a comprehensive overview of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations. It’s applicable to all those who are new to these agreements or are looking for a refresher, including:

Patent attorneys
In-house lawyers
Private practice lawyers
Contracts managers
Technology transfer managers
Others involved in patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations

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This course will cover:

Introduction

Setting the scene – licences in the morning, R&D collaborations in the afternoon
Each session will be based on a real contract, covering what the parties wanted out of the arrangement, why key clauses were in there and the problems they encountered, legal, technical and relationship-wise, when implementing the contract
Lessons learned by the parties and their advisors from each scenario

Module 1: Patent/know-how licences

Key defined terms and how to avoid traps or ambiguity

Regarding:

Territory
Field
Exclusivity

Key financial terms including ‘royalties’, ‘offsets’ and ‘milestones’

The key aspects of provisions covering milestones and royalties
Scope of licence and non-competition provisions
Liability and dispute resolution

Common pitfalls

Defining the licensed IP
Licences of improvements
IP warranties
Dispute resolution

Module 2: R&D collaborations

Key clauses in the contract

Each party’s aims
Allocation of responsibility
Background IP applied
Plans for Foreground IP

Problems encountered

Role of the grantor
Project coordination
Letting problems fester
Diverging agendas
The solution

Common pitfalls

Confidentiality vs publication
Patenting vs sharing
Herding diverse stakeholders
Change of control or key personnel
National idiosyncrasies, Germany and China examples

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Richard Brady
British Legal Centre

Richard Brady is a lawyer who has spent many years working in Europe and the Middle East in the legal, financial and insurance arenas. He has a degree from Cambridge College of Teachers (2005) on Teaching English and founded the British Legal Centre in 2010. He has taught professional legal skills in many companies around the World, including Deloitte and Touche, EY, White & Case, Baker McKenzie, Shalakany Law Office, DLA Piper and Clifford Chance. He has also conducted live training courses at legal departments of corporations, including: Shell Oil, Master Foods, Air Liquide, DAMAC (Dubai), ENKA (Turkey) EMBRACO/Whirlpool (Brazil), and Mowasalat (Qatar).

His specialist areas include contract law, contract drafting, M&A in the pharma industry, arbitration law and FIDIC contracts.

More details

NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

27 November 2025

Live online

09:30-17:15 UK (London) (UTC+00)
10:30-18:15 Paris (UTC+01)
04:30-12:15 New York (UTC-05)
Course code 15104

GBP 599 699
EUR 839 979
USD 963 1,119

Until 23 Oct

1 day live online training
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See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

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Reviews of IPI's Avoiding Pitfalls in Patent/Know-How Licences and R&D Collaborations training course

The speaker was very cooperative in answering questions during all the presentations

Oct 3 2022

Annarita Aversa Luxembourg
Legal Counsel, Ferrero International

Sep 21 2017

The speakers and content were of a very high standard.

Seamus McCooey Ireland
Director of IP, Grifols Worldwide Operations

Sep 21 2017

I think it's great that it's highly ranked people giving the course with an international view – very important if you come from an international company. The hands-on practical part of the course made things much clearer.

Helena Reimers Sweden
Senior Legal Counsel, Sony Mobile Communications