麻豆传媒

Information for Researchers

Learn about the agreements that support 麻豆传媒-industry partnerships.

This section covers:

• An overview of the partnership agreements that support university-industry collaborations.
  
  
• An overview of the partnership agreements that support technology transfer.
  
  
• Detailed descriptions of the processes and timelines involved in the creation of each partnership agreement.
  
  
• Downloads for related templates/forms.
  
  
• Related university policies.

Partnership Agreements

The agreements that support tech transfer, commercialization, and university-industry partnerships include:

1. Standard Form Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDAs)
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   A contract used to establish a confidential relationship between all parties.聽Confidential conversations are often an important pre-cursor to a potential partnership. An NDA enables those who participate in the conversation to freely share information.
   
   
2. Research Collaboration Agreement
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   A contract that formalizes a research partnership between a 麻豆传媒 researcher and an industry partner. Discovery-based research activity and its associated intellectual property is central to achieving the goal of the partnership.
   
   
3. Service Agreement
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   A service agreement is used when a company pays for the services of a university facility. The industry partner defines the scope of work. There is no generation of聽intellectual property (IP),聽i.e.,聽the activity outlined in the service agreement normally will not yield data or a discovery that could be publishable.
   
   
4. Intellectual Property Transfer Agreements (ITPAs)
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   There are two IPTAs. The traditional IPTA is an agreeement used when a researcher decides to assign the IP of an invention to the university for the purposes of patenting, technology transfer, and commercialization. The IPTA for Spinoffs is an agreement used when a researcher wishes to have a startup commercialize their invention.
   
   
5. License Agreement
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   Used in cases of tech transfer and commercialization, this contract grants an industry partner a license (exclusive or non-exclusive) to use 麻豆传媒-owned IP under negotiated terms & conditions.

Related University Policies and Other Resources聽

Intellectual Property Policy

• Generally speaking, the university operates on a聽creator-owned IP practice*聽which allows researchers to decide whether or not to assign IP to the university or maintain full ownership rights themselves.聽*An official university IP聽policy聽is expected by the end of the 2020/2021 academic year.
  

Conflict of Interest Policy

• A conflict of interest exists when the personal interests of a university member contradict the member鈥檚 obligation to uphold the interests and mission of the university.
  
  View聽the policy
  Learn more on the Office of Research Services website聽

Service Agreement Guidelines

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• Government of Canada's