Guidance notes

This Lambert Toolkit contains two sorts of agreement:

-  five model Research Collaboration Agreements, each between one commercial sponsor and one
   academic institution; and

-  four model Consortium Agreements designed to be used where more than two parties are carrying
   out a research project.

• Maximising innovation and finding a workable compromise
• The Five Model Research Collaboration Agreements (One to One)
• The Four Model Consortium Agreements (Multi-party)
• How to decide
• Joint ownership
• Underlying principle
• Jurisdiction

Application of these notes

For ease of reference, the following notes have been divided into those that apply to the five forms of model Research Collaboration Agreement and those that apply to the four forms of model Consortium Agreement.

• Guidance Notes for the Research Collaboration Agreements
• Guidance Notes for the Consortium Agreements