Legal Matters

At some point in collaborations formal arrangements – in whatever form – will become relevant. Please involve IXA at the earliest stage possible to assist you with this. The IXA legal counsels have extensive experience in drafting and negotiating contracts. Do you have a request from industry regarding the use of your research results? At IXA we are committed to negotiating a fair deal.

In many cases, the COVID-19 crisis has an impact on current research contracts with cooperation partners and grant providers. For more information about force majeure due to COVID-19 please look at this page.

Please do not hesitate to contact our legal department if you need advice in matters such as:

1. Research Collaboration and Contract Research
   E.g., draft agreements on matching funds, intellectual property, and exploitation rights.
2. Consortium Agreements
   Set the rules between consortium partners receiving European and Dutch grants.
3. Material Transfer Agreements
   Agree on the use of ‘materials’ such as cell lines, anti-bodies, model systems (plants/animals), databases or other substances.
4. Confidentiality Agreements
   To enable open discussions while protecting the rights of each partner. Also referred to as non-disclosure agreements (NDA) or confidential disclosure agreements (CDA).
5. License Agreements and Joint Ownership Agreements
   Cover the rights to third parties or spin-off companies to use certain know-how or intellectual property rights.
6. Contracts related to spin-off companies
   From a declaration of intent to shareholders agreements.
7. Contracts with IP clauses
8. Consultancy agreements
9. Patents and other intellectual property