University Plant Commercial:IP, Deals and the USDA
The target audience for this webinar is:
- Anyone new to plant-related technology transfer
- Administrative and support staff who work with plant-related cases
- Experienced plant tech transfer professionals who would like a refresher course
- Plant breeders and plant geneticists from your university who could use a tutorial
- Other members of a tech transfer team who would like to have a general appreciation of what their plant-specialist co-workers do
This practical webinar covers:
- The basics of plant patents, plant-related utility patents, plant variety protection, and foreign plant breeder's rights, including deposits and export of plants for DUS testing. Trademark issues will also be discussed.
- The basics of plant licensing, including choice of contract, how to identify milestones (annual minimum royalties, etc.), and how to overcome points of difference
- Metrics for plant-related commercialization, and how to talk to stakeholders regarding the importance of plant-related commercialization to their constituents.
- How to work with the USDA as co-applicant, including CRADA basics and plant-specific issues.
You will learn about:
- Legal framework for approaching plant IP protection
- Decision points for choice of legal protection for plants
- Types of licensing approaches used in plants
- Decision points for choosing a licensing approach
- Suggestions and resources for working with the USDA