transferencia de tecnología

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer is the process of positioning, sharing, licensing, accessing, assigning or acquiring innovative know-how on the market. The secure transfer of know-how is a key factor of competitiveness for all those involved (business sectors and entities such as OTRIS, Scientific Parks, public research agencies, etc...).

Since technology is the essential object to transfer, the Industrial and Intellectual Property rights assuring protection of this technology are vital to the negotiation and signing of different types of agreements.

At Clarke, Modet & Cº, we provide a complete range of consulting services involved with the process of acquisition and transfer of Technology which entails from its initial phases, the detection of Market Niches and search of potential collaboratos, to the assessment of technology and contact formalizing, right through to the process of signing different types of agreements and the subsequent monitoring of the compliance and implementation of such agreements.

The multidisciplinary profile of our professionals (engineers, chemists, biologists, pharmacists, attorneys, philologists.) allows us to provide a unique consultation service within the market, includiing a technical and legal vision which are essential for achieving a suitable transfer process

Managing Agreements

Managing technology transfer is a basic element comprised within corporate Business Plans. We can provide the following services to aid technology transfer action guidelines and management processes which are most suited to the corporate activity and Business Plan:

Preparing a prior diagnosis, for the purpose of learning the degree of protection of Industrial and Intellectual Property rights in the different types of technology agreements entered into by the company.

Evaluation by means of analyzing the risks and benefits of the existing transfer system and adapting the latter to the company's technology and business plans.

Defining or implementing improvements or recommended action guidelines to assure more secure technology exploitation.

Occasionally or periodically controlling and monitoring compliance with the implemented management guidelines upon the client's request when required by the needs of the technology transfer.

Pre-agreement Negotiations

We provide the following consulting services during the initial pre-contact and opportunity analysis phase:

The action guidelines to be taken into consideration to prepare Bids for the purpose of protecting the relevant and competitive innovative information to be purchased or sold
Designing negotiation scenarios and defining a strategy consistent with the Business Plan and the objective or reasons for the technology transfer
Assessing the technology to be transferred
Studying the competitive technologies so as to specify the context in which the negotiation must be conducted
The types of technology transfer: assignment, use licenses, strategic alliance, shareholder participation, company acquisition, Joint Ventures...
Drafting Letters of Intent, Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and Confidentiality Clauses and Agreements
Preparing for the participation of Projects for receiving both national public subsidies or aid (PROFIT or CENIT programs) and international public subsidies or aid at the European level (7th Framework Program) or Latin American level (CYDET).
We provide consultation services in all aspects relating to the system of Industrial and Intellectual Property and know-how rights that must be included in the agreements. This comprises both the use and availability of the rights contributing to the implementation of the project by each of the parties to the agreement, and to the protection and exploitation of the results.

Entering into Agreements

Once the terms and conditions of a technology transfer agreement are accepted by the parties, the process of drawing up such agreements begins. The wording of the document must be a true reflection of the will of the parties to the agreement as well as a source for settling future conflicts.

We are aware of this reality and therefore provide an exclusive and complete advising service for drafting the system of Industrial and Intellectual Property rights to be included in technology transfer agreements:

Research Agreements
Technology Development Agreements
Framework Collaboration Agree
Patent Assignment/Licensing Agreements
Know how Assignment/Licensing Agree
Manufacturing Agreements
Distribution Agreements
Agreements with Suppliers
Software Creation and Development Agreements
Biotechnological Exploitation Agreements

El perfil multidisciplinar de nuestros profesionales compuesto por (ingenieros, químicos, biólogos, farmacéuticos, abogados, filólogos…) nos permite ofrecer un servicio de asesoramiento único en el mercado, pues comporta una visión técnico-jurídica esencial para lograr un proceso de transferencia adecuado.

Las modalidades de transferencia de tecnología: cesión, licencia de uso, alianza estratégica, participación accionarial, adquisición de empresa
Redacción de Carta de Intenciones, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) y Auerdos y Cláusulas de confidencialidad
La preparación para la participación de Proyectos que comporten el acceso a subvenciones o ayudas públicas tanto nacionales (Programa PROFIT o CENIT) como internacionales en el ámbito europeo (7º Programa marco), o latinoamericano (CYDET)
Ofrecemos nuestra experiencia y asesoramiento en todo lo relativo al régimen de derechos de propiedad industrial e intelectual y del know how que se haya de incorporar a los acuerdos y que comprende tanto el régimen de uso y disposición de los derechos que se aportan al desarrollo del proyecto por cada uno de los contrantes, como al régimen de protección y explotación de los resultados

Acuerdos marcos de colaboración
Contratos de cesión / licencia de patente
Contratos cesión / licencia de Know how
Acuerdos de fabricación
Contratos de distribución
Contratos con proveedores
Contratos de creación y desarrollo de Software
Contratos de explotación biotecnológica

Among other contractual issues, we provide the following advising services relating to:

Defining the purpose of the agreement
Field of application of the technology
Exclusivity
Territorial Scope
Lifetime

Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights relating to the technology being transferred
Handling the Know How
Improvements
Payment of Royalties
Quality Control
Guarantees
Technical Assistance
Publications and Disclosure of the Results
Sub-licenses
System of protecting and exploiting the results
Liabilities
Applicable Laws and Jurisdiction

Evaluation by means of analyzing the risks and benefits of the existing transfer system and adapting the latter to the company's technology and business plans.

Defining or implementing improvements or recommended action guidelines to assure more secure technology exploitation.

Occasionally or periodically controlling and monitoring compliance with the implemented management guidelines upon the client's request when required by the needs of the technology transfer.