The Five Model Research Collaboration Agreements (One to One)
Each of the five model Lambert Research Collaboration Agreements, provides a variation on the theme of who owns, and has the right to exploit, the intellectual property (IP) in the results or outcome of the Project:
Lambert Model Research Collaboration Agreement 1
The University owns the IP in the Results and grants a non-exclusive licence for the Sponsor and its Group Companies to use the Results in a specified business area (field) and/or a geographical area (territory).
Lambert Model Research Collaboration Agreement 2
The University owns the IP in the Results and licenses the Sponsor and its Group Companies to use the Results in a specified field and/or territory, and the Sponsor has an option to acquire an exclusive licence in relation to certain Results.
Lambert Model Research Collaboration Agreement 3
The University owns the IP in the Results and licenses the Sponsor and its Group Companies to use the Results in a specified field and/or territory and the Sponsor has an option to take an assignment of the IP in certain Results.
Lambert Model Research Collaboration Agreement 4
The Sponsor owns the IP in the Results, but rights are reserved to allow the University to use the Results for academic purposes (including academic publication) on certain conditions to protect the confidentiality of the Sponsor's information and so as not to jeopardise the possibility of the Sponsor obtaining a patent for the Results.
Lambert Model Research Collaboration Agreement 5
The Sponsor owns the IP in the Results, and the University has no right to publish the Results. (This sort of agreement is usually referred to as a Contract Research or Research Services Agreement, rather than a Collaborative Research Agreement.)