We worked with British and Chinese experts to create a new toolkit. The aim is to help non-IP experts address issues related to the ownership and use of intellectual property rights that arise in cooperation between the UK and China. The toolkit includes guidelines and nine types of agreements. These examples were not tested for the same review as the Lambert toolbox. They are only provided for information. Negotiating agreements on ip ownership and management through collaborative research partnerships is essential to the success of the relationship. Pilot agreements can help the parties, in cooperation, to determine fairly and fairly the ownership of the ip generated during a joint project. We support the use of standard agreements such as the Lambert toolkit, developed by universities, UK companies and professional organisations, as a good starting point for negotiations. The Lambert toolkit, including instructions and model agreements, is only designed to be used if the agreements are governed by English law. In order to use another legal system, you must seek advice from a lawyer who will deliberate on the law of that country.

The Pharmaceutical Licensing Group (PLG) Journal recently published an article that reviews updates to the Lambert toolkit and kindly provided it for free. They facilitate contract negotiations between publicly funded research institutes (for example. B universities) and businesses. Originally launched in 2005, it consists of 5 model agreements for individual cooperation and 4 consortium agreements for several parties. There are two model agreements, one for bipartisan cooperation agreements and the other for multi-party consortium agreements. These agreements can be used to start negotiations to agree on the basic principles of your project. These help identify important problems at an early stage of the project and identify solutions. Standard agreements are starting points and their use is not mandatory. You should decide which of the 7 approaches is most appropriate and negotiate with the other party before you start working on the project. None of the seven research cooperation agreements deal with shared ownership of intellectual property.