Joint Development Agreement

Protecting your intellectual property is a challenge, especially when concluding a joint development agreement or « JDA ». If two or more companies want to work together to develop or improve their products, combine or integrate their technologies, or jointly commercialize a new product, they have many ways to document their relationship. Deselect this option if you don`t want to receive updates on critical or urgent developments outside of your regular email notifications. If collaboration is easy and development efforts are minimal, parties can use standard license agreements and purchase orders. If the parties plan to start an ongoing business and make significant investments, starting a separate joint venture may be the best way to proceed. In many cases, however, a joint development or cooperation agreement provides the appropriate framework – establishing a set of rules tailored to the relationship without the overhead and complexity of a separate joint venture. This introduction describes the main contractual points that are common in JDAs and aims to include points and checklists of elements that the lawyer must take into account when preparing and negotiating a JDA, including the intellectual property rights arising from the development work. To receive our email updates, select your language, topics, and countries, then select Save. Other topics and content will follow shortly. Engagement increases and we will keep your preferences up to date as additional content is added. Required field – You will only see content in relation to the countries you have selected….