Legal matters and intellectual property (IP)

Any collaboration with an external party needs formal arrangements – in whatever form. Involve your IXA team as early as possible; we will be happy to support your plans. Together with IXA you will negotiate a strong agreement.   

For example, our lawyers have a lot of experience in drafting and negotiating contracts. Does a company or organisation request to use your research results? Together with IXA you will negotiate a strong agreement.   

Our lawyers help with:  

  • Non-disclosure agreements: Also called NDA’s or confidential disclosure agreements (CDA).  Enable open discussions while protecting the rights of each partner. 
  • Research Collaborations and Contract Research: e.g., draft agreements on matching funds, intellectual property, and exploitation rights.
  • Consortium Agreements: set the rules between consortium partners receiving European and Dutch grants.
  • Material Transfer Agreements: agree on the use of ‘materials’ such as cell lines, antibodies, model systems (plants/animals), databases or other items.
  • , Licence Agreements and Joint Ownership Agreements:  cover the rights of third parties or spin-off companies to use certain know-how or intellectual property rights.
  • Contracts related to spin-off companies: from a declaration of intent to shareholders agreements.
Legal expertise

Looking for support with the legal aspects of valorisation? Drafting contracts, protecting intellectual property rights (IP), confidentiality agreements, filing patent applications, and Material Transfer Agreements: the lawyers of your institution are here to help. HvA and UvA staff can look up their Legal Counsels in their IXA teams via the button below.

Staff of Amsterdam UMC and VU can find their legal teams on their institutes website:

Legal Counsels for IXA HvA | UvA