[e-drug] Open patent licensing of public funded research (2)

[Warren Kaplan <wak22@mediaone.net>]

E-drug: Open patent licensing of public funded research (2)
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Christian: It is sometimes difficult to obtain copies of licenses,
particularly if the license is more than just a 'mere' patent license but
includes drug development and marketing arrangements.  I was IP 
attorney for a biotechnology company and we were very reluctant to 
even let our employees look at some of our key license agreements. 
You might want to search through the Securities and Exchange 
Commission database (EDGAR) for individual pharmaceutical 
companies since they are required to place certain agreements
in the database.  I actually have not had much luck in this regard. 
You may imagine that most corporations would rather not have the 
economic terms of such licenses made public.  There are plenty of 
examples of "templates" that can be found by searching the internet 
(google.com is good) under the term "license".  The University of 
Texas technology transfer office has examples of licenses- but 
these are not the actual agreements.  Actually, I would be interested 
as well if you find something!

Warren Kaplan, Ph.D., Esq.
Newton, MA., USA


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