Negotiating Material Transfer Agreements

About the Course:

The sharing of materials among researchers employed by different institutions does not lend itself to cut-and-paste agreements. Material Transfer Agreements (“MTAs”) have ramifications in terms of future rights to resulting inventions, for future licensing agreements and for publication rights. Failure to properly map the national origin of researchers with dangerous biologics, chemicals or materials used in the development of nuclear energy can have draconian consequences for all parties involved.