Workshop Leiden 2001

ASTP Workshop on Material Transfer Agreements (MTA’s) and Incentives Schemes

Organized by Mr Paul van Grevenstein, of the Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden -The Netherlands

Thursday 6 December 2001.

Program details

Time of the workshop : 10.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m.

Morning session

-          When to use a MTA?

-          Scope/definition of materials

-          Use and transfer of materials

-          Intellectual property rights (research results vs material)

-          Exploitation rights (idem)

-          Confidentiality

-          Publications

-          Compliance

-          Liabilities

-          Governing law

-          Differences academic provider vs for-profit provider

Afternoon session

-          Which institutions have a written incentive scheme in place?

-          If not, why? Are there any particular reasons/inhibitions?

-          Goals of an incentive scheme

-          Who is/should be eligible? Inventors? Department? TT officers?

-          Performance measures

-          Extent of incentive, i.a. in the event of multiple patent applications or a spin-off