{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-ts","path":"/blog-bite-how-can-companies-collaborating-on-a-research-project-use-intellectual-property-assignment-agreements-to-establish-ip-ownership-arrangements/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Clausehound Blog","author":"Joshua Koudys"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"858bee46-5554-5b09-8aad-5d2eedfd43e6","excerpt":"This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com discusses the importance of executing Intellectual Property assignment agreements when companies collaborate…","html":"<p><a href=\"http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/564768/Patent/Creative+Collaboration+Agreements+That+Work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com</a> discusses the importance of executing Intellectual Property assignment agreements when companies collaborate on research projects.</p>\n<p>Companies can make whatever ownership arrangements they wish using these agreements. For instance, they can draft such agreements to ensure that the company retains IP ownership, regardless of inventorship or whether work is outsourced, or to ensure that ownership follows inventorship. The author refers to three (3) recent cases to demonstrate that an inventor may lose IP ownership if the IP assignment agreement entered into is broad, ambiguous, or unclear. This is a good article to read when drafting a licence or transfer agreement, and when considering the definition/nature of the intellectual property that is being transferred.</p>","frontmatter":{"title":"Blog Bite: How can companies collaborating on a research project use intellectual property assignment agreements to establish IP ownership arrangements?","date":"February 02, 2017","description":"This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com discusses the importance of executing Intellectual Property assignment agreements when companies collaborate on research projects.","author":{"id":"alina@clausehound.com","first":"Alina","last":null,"bio":null,"image":null},"tags":["Intellectual Property","Technology","Payment Terms","Ownership of Intellectual Property","Intellectual Property Transfer","Agreements","IP Transfer","Blog Bites","Mondaq","Canada (General)"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/blog-bite-how-can-companies-collaborating-on-a-research-project-use-intellectual-property-assignment-agreements-to-establish-ip-ownership-arrangements/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/hackjustice/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Check out HACKJUSTICE’s two day hackathon taking place on February 3rd and 4th","tags":["Events","Rajah"],"author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal"}}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/blog-bite-how-can-a-business-incorporate-in-india/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"How can a business incorporate in India?","tags":["Jurisdiction Shopping","Mondaq","Learn","India"],"author":{"id":"alina@clausehound.com","first":"Alina","last":null}}}}}}