IP and Collaborative Research in the UK
A
Guide to Managing Intellectual Property: Strategic
Decision-Making
in Universities 
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This guide was produced by the IPO in partnership with AURIL and Universities UK. It is designed to inform and support activities of senior managers in universities to assist them in the development of their IP strategies and policies.
Lambert Collaboration Tool-kit
The Lambert Tool-Kit for Collaborative
Research 
includes a decision guide, model agreements and guidance materials to facilitate
contract negotiations involving publicly-funded research organisations (eg. universities) and companies.
The Lambert tool-kit is designed to help collaborating parties get to grips with issues relating to the ownership and exploitation of any IP rights generated in research projects, publication rights and the financial framework.
The Lambert website was originally launched
in February 2005 and comprised five model one-to-one agreements between an academic and an industry
partner. It was re-launched by the Rt. Hon. John Denham, Secretary of State for the Department for Innovation.
Universities and Skills (DIUS) in October 2008 and is now placed on the innovation section
of the DIUS website . A significant feature of the new Lambert website is the four model consortium
agreements which cater for a range of scenarios in research projects that involve several parties.
UK professional organisations
The UK has three bodies which cater for knowledge
transfer professionals:
UNICO , AURIL and the Institute of Knowledge Transfer .
The Technology
Strategy Board
hosts the Knowledge Transfer Networks which cater for different scientific and technical
disciplines.
run training courses for knowledge
transfer
professionals.