Joint Industry Relationships
"Joint Industry relationships exist to technologically advance an industry for increased profitability." -- Charles Knobloch
Our service focus is to provide you Joint Industry relationship assistance in either the formation or the management of these relationships.
- assistance in forming the legal structure of a joint industry partnership
- representing you to negotiate "JIP" terms, negotiating those terms
- review of JIP terms against your current intellectual property position -- whether to join
- use of intellectual property from a JIP
- service contracts between you and a JIP
- CRADAS, SBIRS, foreign programs
JIP Service Options
- Strategic Structuring of JIP model, including pro forma terms
- Solicitation of Potential JIP partners, managing JIP signups
- Negotiation and Harmonization of JIP terms between partners
- Ongoing management of JIP contracts and relationships, including new signups
- post-JIP intellectual property management
- JIP wrap-ups, termination
- JIP patent prosecution
- A "neutral" for JIP disputes, interparty relationships
- DOJ/Anti-trust consulation, clearance issues
- Foreigh participant issues, multinational JIP's
- CRADAS, Funding Proposals, Joint Applications
- Intellectual Property Material Balance Assessment
- Representation of Individual Members or joint members
- Texas State issues
Contact us today for more information on any of these joint industry relationship issues.