Two Day Reviewing and Negotiating Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements Programme - London, United Kingdom - June 4th-5th, 2019
DUBLIN, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Reviewing and Negotiating Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
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Technology transfer and licensing agreements are frequently used by commercial entities and public or quasi-public bodies for the development of new business prospects and for cross- border expansion. This two-day seminar will give practical advice on the legal and commercial considerations essential for securing a successful deal.
The programme offers a comprehensive overview of all the key matters to be considered - by the licensor and the licensee - when dealing with international technology transfer and licensing agreements.
Who Should Attend:
-- In-house counsel
-- Trainee solicitors
-- Private practice lawyers
-- Lawyers
-- Commercial and contract managers
-- Business development managers
-- Licensing executives with little or no experience of drafting and
negotiating international licensing agreements
Agenda:
Day One
Competition law - Introduction
-- Goals of competition policy
-- Role of the institutions and the Member States
-- Individual remedies
-- Standard of proof
-- Article 101 TFEU - anti-competitive agreements, decisions and concerted
practices
-- Agreement, decision or concerted practice exists
-- Effect on trade between Member States
-- Object or effect of the prevention, restriction or distortion of
competition
-- Impact of the de Minimis doctrine on the application of Article 101(1)
-- Article 101(3) TFEU - exemption
Competition law - technology related block exemptions
-- Vertical Restraints Block Exemptions (VRBER 2010)
-- Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (2014)
-- Block exemption governing R&D
Ancillary agreements
-- Confidentiality agreement
-- Materials transfer agreement
-- Memorandum of Understanding
-- Option agreement
Technology transfer agreements
-- Set-up
-- Strategic and legal concerns of the prospective licensor
-- Key concerns reviewed
-- Term
-- Assignment - IP
-- Liability, disclaimers and indemnities
-- Benefits and disadvantages of licensing technology
-- Legal safeguards during the pre-negotiation phase
Day Two
International contract disputes
-- Jurisdiction
-- Jurisdiction rules under EU law
-- Jurisdiction agreements and their status
-- Choice of law rules
-- Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments
Dispute resolution mechanisms
-- Overview
-- Features of the key mechanisms
-- Advantages and disadvantages associated with the key mechanisms
-- Arbitration
-- Why arbitrate?
-- Disadvantages of arbitrating
-- Ad hoc arbitration vs institutional arbitration?
-- Drafting concerns in relation to arbitration agreements
-- Seat of arbitration
-- Evidential rules of the arbitration
-- Preliminary relief
-- Confidentiality
R&D agreements
-- Key concerns reviewed
-- Ownership and right to use
Practical Workshop
Review of a technology licence
-- Review of the template agreement with particular reference to the key
clauses, strategic considerations and drafting techniques
-- Discuss issues relating to the negotiation and execution of a technology
licence
Practical Workshop
Negotiation of a technology licence
Using a case scenario, participants will draft and negotiate a technology licence with particular reference to key commercial terms inter alia
-- Grant
-- Fees and royalties
-- Rights to improvements
-- Rights to new products and grant-back clauses
-- IP and confidentiality
Speakers:
Michala Meiselles
Solicitor, Law Lecturer & Author
Michala Meiselles is a solicitor in England and Wales specialising in international business law, cross-border transactions and compliance. She has been working as a lawyer since 1994 and qualified as a solicitor in 1999. Starting off her career at Berrymans Lace Mawer, she has since worked in private practice and as in-house legal counsel for local government.
Over a decade ago, Michala created her own dedicated consultancy firm, which she presently directs, providing business and legal solutions to multinationals, public sector entities and international organisations. In her work as a solicitor and international lawyer (operating in England, France, Canada and the US), she advises on compliance (inter alia anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and sanctions), trade finance, import and export, licensing, distribution, agency and foreign direct investment.
Michala is also a senior law lecturer at Derby Law School, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate law, and a visiting professor of law at Université Jean Moulin (France) and the Law School of University of Western Ontario (Western Law).
She is author of a book entitled International Commercial Agreements - An Edinburgh Law Guide' published by Edinburgh University Press (2013) and has published several articles. She is presently writing a book on international licences covering technology transfer agreements, competition law and cross-border dispute resolution for Oxford University Press.
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