Common use of Criteria Governing Outside Commercial Sponsorship of Research Clause in Contracts

Criteria Governing Outside Commercial Sponsorship of Research. Contracts and other arrangements between the University and outside commercial sponsors of research must comply with the following criteria. 9.1 Research investigators and the University shall be free to disseminate and publish the results of sponsored research, provided that in order not to jeopardize applications for patents the University may agree that any proposed publication will be submitted to the sponsor with notice of intent to submit for publication and that unless the sponsor in writing requests a delay within TWO months from the date of such notice, the investigators or the University shall be free to proceed with immediate publication. However, if the sponsor requests a delay, the submission of the manuscript will be withheld for the period requested, but in no event for longer than SIX months from the date of the notice of intent to submit for publication and only in order to permit the sponsor to prepare and file the necessary application. 9.2 The University shall retain the right to take title to any patentable inventions or discoveries arising from the undertaking of sponsored research, except that the University may grant an exclusive license to the sponsor for a period not exceeding EIGHT years and bearing a royalty to be agreed upon, or may grant a royalty-free license if the University has incurred no substantial expense and such a license is deemed appropriate. 9.3 Any agreement or arrangement with the commercial sponsor shall not impose any restrictions upon the University in conflict with its established policies and practices, but shall permit performance of the research or other investigation in the same manner and subject to the same administrative requirements applicable to research financed with the University's own funds.

Criteria Governing Outside Commercial Sponsorship of Research. Contracts and other arrangements between the University and outside commercial sponsors of research must comply with the following criteria. 9.1 Research investigators and the University shall be free to disseminate and publish the results of sponsored research, provided that in order not to jeopardize applications for patents the University may agree that any proposed publication will be submitted to the sponsor with notice of intent to submit for publication and that unless the sponsor in writing requests a delay within TWO months from the date of such notice, the investigators or the University shall be free to proceed with immediate publication. However, if the sponsor requests a delay, the submission of the manuscript will be withheld for the period requested, but in no event for longer than SIX months from the date of the notice of intent to submit for publication and only in order to permit the sponsor to prepare and file the necessary application. 9.2 The University shall retain the right to take title to any patentable inventions or discoveries arising from the undertaking of sponsored research, except that the University may grant an exclusive license to the sponsor for a period not exceeding EIGHT years and bearing a royalty to be agreed upon, or may grant a royalty-free license if the University has incurred no substantial expense and such a license is deemed appropriate. 9.3 Any agreement or arrangement with the commercial sponsor shall not impose any restrictions upon the University in conflict with its established policies and practices, but shall permit performance of the research or other investigation in the same manner and subject to the same administrative requirements applicable to research financed with the University's own funds.