Category ArchiveAnderson Law Courses

IP Commercialisation: IP Licensing

This course provides essential understanding of License Agreements and the underlying interests and risks of the parties. It assists in employing such understanding to negotiate better licensing deals. Topics that are discussed include:

• Efficient use of preliminary agreements.
• Due Diligence: risk identification and management.
• Group drafting exercises.
• Anatomy of a licence agreement.
• Getting to signature of the agreement, and beyond: avoiding legal ‘elephant traps’.

Who is the course for?

The course is designed for:

• Lawyers seeking how to better deliver strategic advice regarding licensing in context of the (client’s) company’s long-term goals and market dynamics.
• Non-lawyers such as business executives, technology transfer officers and R&D managers, who have limited knowledge or experience with the legal processes that are involved in the commercialisation process and wish to gain a better understanding of them as well as practical tools and insights.

Reviews

“A great overall summary of licensing law – comprehensive, practical & useful. Highly useful for legal & IPR inhouse & external counsel. Fantastic speakers; privilege to have access to such knowledge & teaching methods clear & helpful!”

“Content is applicable in reality & structure is of high quality”

“Good knowledge of the teachers. Real case connection!”

Presenter

Mark Anderson.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Fundamentals of Technology Transfer

These sessions (less than a full-day) led by Paul Maclennan form part of a larger course run by PraxisUnico.

The sessions provide an introduction to the contractual arrangements that are required in technology transfer.

Presenter

Run by Paul Maclennan through Praxis Unico.

Bookings

Please search and register for this course with Praxis Unico.

Introduction to Deal Making

This three day course has been designed to introduce LLM students at University College London to the practical aspects of commercial contracts and “deal making”. It provides a Summer option for LLM students and can also be attended by people who are not enrolled on an LLM programme. It is run at UCL in London.

Day 1: Intro to commercial transactions to law students.

Day 2: How to draft contracts clearly and accurately.

Day 3: Running a deal – a practical experience.

Who is the course for?

The course is designed for law students and others who have very little experience of the practical aspects of contract drafting and negotiation, and who would like to understand commercial practice in these areas.

Presenter

Presented by Mark Anderson and another practitioner as an optional part of the LLM programme at University College London.

Bookings

Please search and register for this course with UCL.

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information.

R&D Agreements

R&D agreements are part of our core area of expertise, and we have training materials that are suitable for different levels of experience and types of organisation. One instance of this is our standard course on drafting IP terms in research contracts, which is separately mentioned on this section of our website.

We run courses on research and development (R&D) agreements at different levels, including:

• One, two or three day courses for university contracts staff. Some of these have been targeted at people who are new to university research contracts, other courses have been designed for experienced contract managers and in-house legal departments. We have run courses at many of the leading UK universities and at well-known funding institutions, as well as research-oriented commercial companies.
• Courses on international R&D agreements for experienced commercial lawyers and managers.

Reviews

“Knowledgeable, good speaker…”

“Very good practical examples.”

“Mark…clearly knows the legal and commercial issues inside out and his delivery is very clear and easy to follow.”

Presenter

Mark Anderson.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for further information or to discuss a programme that would be suited to your requirements.

IP Transactions: Law and Practice

This flagship five day course is run at University College London’s Faculty of Laws and provides 29 CPD points.

The course is designed for newly-qualified IP lawyers and provides intensive training in a range of subjects that are useful to transactional IP lawyers, including:

• Introduction to the legal framework for IP transactions: IP, property and contract laws.
• Other areas of law that are relevant to IP transactions, including competition, insolvency and tax.
• Legal practice in relation to a range of types of IP transaction, including assignments, licences, charges and options.
• Commercial practice across a range of market sectors, including M&A, IT, life sciences, media transactions, and university technology transfer.

Presenter

Run by Mark Anderson and delivered through University College London by approximately 25 volunteer speakers.

Bookings

Please search and register for this course with UCL.

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information.

Working with Confidentiality Agreements

This one day course looks in detail at the use of confidentiality agreements, including management, drafting and negotiation issues. Topics covered include:

• Learn when a CDA is needed and the benefit of having one.
• Understand and negotiate standard clauses.
• Become familiar with the clauses to be wary of.
• Manage your confidentiality obligations effectively.
• Track your confidentiality agreements.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for anyone who has to draft, negotiate or advise on CDAs. Past attenders have included project managers, commercial executives, patent attorneys and lawyers.

Presenter

Mark Anderson or Paul Maclennan.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Introduction to Intellectual Property

This one day course provides an introduction to the main types of intellectual property (IP), the laws that govern them, and associated practice issues. Topics covered include:

• Overviews of the different IP rights.
• Why IP should be protected and how.
• Examples of patents, trademarks, designs and other methods of protecting IP.
• An introduction to licensing and exploiting IP.

Presenter

Paul Maclennan.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Drafting & Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements

This course provides a detailed discussion of the legal, regulatory, drafting and practice issues that arise when drafting and negotiation clinical trial agreements (CTAs) and other contractual documentation that is encountered when clinical trials are run, e.g. agreements between a sponsor and a clinical research organisation (CRO). Topics that are discussed include:

• What makes CTAs different from other professional services agreements.
• The European regulatory framework for trials and how this affects the terms of agreements.
• Other laws and regulations affecting CTAs, including data protection, freedom of information, “sunshine” laws, and many other topics.
• Standard agreements – governmental, company, etc: when are they used, when are they not; and how are they revised.
• Drafting and negotiation issues.
• Practical aspects of working with colleagues to get the agreement right.
• Other agreements and documents used in clinical trials.

Who is the course for?

The course is designed for contracts managers, lawyers and project managers who have had some exposure to CTAs but are not experts and do not have years of experience of negotiating them.

Presenter

Mark Anderson.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Introduction to Contracts

This entry level one day course considers the practical aspects of commercial contracts. It is designed for project managers, administrators, and people who are starting a career in contract management. Topics covered include:

• Why contracts are written this way.
• Negotiation and signature of contracts.
• Administration of existing contracts.
• Termination of contracts.
• “Legal” clauses in contracts.
• Discussion of a typical contract.

Reviews

“I will easily be able to apply the topics covered in the course into my role.”

Presenter

This course can be run by Mark Anderson, Paul Maclennan or Stephen Brett.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Practical Licensing

This practical course discusses the main topics that come up when structuring, drafting and negotiating a licensing transaction, including:

• Pre-contract issues (including term sheets).
• The licence.
• Payment terms.
• Liability issues.
• Boilerplate clauses.
• Conclusions.

Level of course

Intermediate – some prior experience of working with licence agreements, or licence terms in research contracts, is desirable. The course focuses on practical aspects and is not a law lecture. (We also run an advanced licensing course, for experienced transactional IP professionals.)

Presenter

Stephen Brett or Mark Anderson.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Drafting Legal Provisions in Commercial Contracts

This one day course considers those terms in contracts that commercial negotiators tend to think of as “legal” clauses. Commercial negotiators sometimes consider these clauses to be less important (or less interesting!) than the primary issues of price and performance, but they can be vital when assessing the party’s rights and obligations. Clauses of this kind are often negotiated by lawyers, but they ultimately raise important commercial issues of risk allocation and commercial responsibility.

In the morning we focus in detail on warranties, indemnities and limitations of liability. We consider why these terms are used, what they mean, how they are used, and associated drafting and practice issues

In the afternoon we examine a range of commonly encountered “boilerplate” clauses, including entire agreement, law and jurisdiction, and interpretation. We discuss whether the terms are useful and the legal and practice issues that they raise.

The course includes drafting exercises and a workshop on warranties.

Who is the course for?

The course is designed for experienced commercial lawyers and contract drafters who wish to supplement their knowledge of the legal and practice issues that arise when drafting and negotiating “legal” terms in contracts.

Presenter

Mark Anderson.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Drafting & Negotiating IP Terms in Research Contracts

This one day course looks in detail at the intellectual property issues that arise in different types of research contracts. Topics discussed include:

• What is IP, and do IP terms matter in research contracts?
• Different priorities and approaches to IP issues: academic, commercial, etc.
• Overview of some standard research contracts and their IP terms.
• Detailed look at drafting and understanding IP terms in particular types of contract.
• Risk management and warranties on IP issues.
• International differences in law and practice.
• Stand-alone IP agreements, IP payment terms and other terms.

The course includes some drafting exercises and case studies.

Who is the course for?

The course is designed for contracts managers and lawyers whose job requires them to understand and draft IP terms in research contracts. Attenders should have had some prior experience of working with research contracts, but this is not an “advanced” level course. Past attenders have included contract managers from universities, funding bodies, Government agencies and commercial companies.

Presenter

Mark Anderson.

Bookings

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

IP Licensing: An Advanced Level Workshop

This one day advanced level course looks in detail at the terms of an IP licence agreement, exploring drafting, legal, commercial and practice issues. Topics covered include:

• Grant clause and definitions.
• Payments.
• Performance.
• Warranties.
• Boilerplate clauses, including law and jurisdiction.

Who is the course for?

The course is designed for experienced lawyers and licensing managers who wish to have an in-depth  understanding of the issues that arise when drafting and negotiating an IP licence agreement.

Reviews

“Great discussions of technical and commercial issues – normally glossed over by other courses on the subject.”

“I am very pleased that I attended. I will recommend this to my colleagues.”

Presenter

Mark Anderson.

Bookings

We can run this course as a public course or in-house for your team.

Please contact Mark Anderson for more information or to register your interest to attend this course.

Contract Drafting: An Advanced Level Workshop

This practical one day workshop provides training and “hands-on” experience in the drafting of commercial contracts.