Research Agreement
A research agreement in which a company sponsors a research project at a public university. A business paying for university research and the university carrying it out would use it. The project runs under a named principal investigator, and the agreement defines who owns inventions, improvements and discoveries made by university employees.
Category
General Agreements
Jurisdiction
US - General
What's included
- Termination
- Governing Law
- Assignment
- Intellectual Property
- Notices
- Insurance
- Term
- Definitions
- Amendment
- Counterparts
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