Dublin, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Reviewing and Negotiating Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
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. For more information about this conference visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/s...o_day?w=12
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