University and business collaboration agreements: model consortium agreements
Updated 25 May 2018
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Lambert model consortium agreement A
Each Party owns the Results which it creates and grants each of the other parties a non-exclusive licence to use those Results for the purposes of the Project and for any other purpose, so that any Party may exploit any of the Results.
This Agreement may be suitable for use in collaborations funded by an organisation which wishes to create a level playing field, but is not likely to be used for research where the funder requires the parties to have an agreed exploitation strategy.
Lambert model consortium agreement B
One Party (called the Lead Exploitation Party) is best suited to carry out the exploitation of the Results.
The other Parties assign their IPR or grant an exclusive licence of their IPR in the Results to the Lead Exploitation Party which undertakes to exploit the Results and to pay the other Parties a share of revenues generated from that exploitation or a success payment.
The Academic Parties have the right to use the Results for Academic and Research Purposes and students and staff have Academic Publication Rights.
The Commercial Parties have the right to use the Results for Research Purposes.
Lambert model consortium agreement C
Two of the four Parties are best placed to exploit different Results - they may have different core businesses or interests and be interested in different results.
Lambert model consortium agreement D
Each Party owns the Results which it creates and grants each of the other Parties a non-exclusive licence to use those Results for the purposes of the Project only.
The Parties do not have an agreed strategy for the exploitation of the Results. If a Party wishes to exploit another Party’s Results or Background, it must negotiate a licence or an assignment.
The Academic Parties have the right to use the Results for Academic and Research Purposes and students and staff have Academic Publication Rights.
The Commercial Parties have the right to use the Results for Research Purposes.