Industry, Universities, and Government - How to Work Together Through ContractsMay 15, 2025 - 3 Hour Virtual SeminarMay 15 - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EASTERN Please note: We do not provide recordings of our professional development courses - attendance is expected. Aligns with CLP Domain 5 GENERAL 101 Level: Intermediate – Some experience, typically 1-3 years, with IP licensing and interest in specific topics. Description: The interface between institutions doing basic research and industries that turn that research into commercial products can feel like a minefield. Both parties enter agreement negotiations with constraints that may not be apparent to the other. In this course we discuss many of those constraints, both legal and cultural. Modules: - Basis for different perspectives
- Organization structures (e.g., affiliates for industry or university foundations)
- Academic policies and laws (e.g., Bayh Dole) that impact Technology Transfer
- Common agreement issues and solutions – Confidentiality, Sponsored Research, Licenses, Consultancy, and Material Transfer agreements
- Hot topics
You will learn the following: - What is the Bayh Dole Law What is the impact of Bayh-Dole on Universities and Corporations
- Why corporate affiliate structures can impact agreement terms
- Terms that can work to reach common ground on agreements
Recommended LES courses to take in advance or equivalent experience: - IP Licensing Basics
- Mechanics of a License
Course Creators & Contributors: Thank you to our course chair, past course chairs and content contributors who have developed and improved this course over time including: PricingMember Rate - $149.00
Non-Member Rate - $249.00
Student Rate - $79.00 Group rates available for parties of 3 or more. Contact education@les.org for information. Instructors Steven M. Ferguson, CLP Steven M. Ferguson currently serves as the Deputy Director, Licensing and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining NIH Office of Technology Transfer in 1990, Mr. Ferguson served in marketing and management positions in biomedical firms subsequent to being a scientist at the National Cancer Institute. His healthcare experience has also included work as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for a rural 70-bed hospital. Registered to practice before the USPTO and a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), Mr. Ferguson also holds Master's Degrees in Business Administration (George Washington University) and Chemistry (University of Cincinnati) as well as Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry (Case Western Reserve University). Mr. Ferguson has been an economic reviewer for Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) as well as the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) grant programs and is an instructor for both the USDA Graduate School and the NIH FAES Graduate School where he is also the department chair for the new Certificate in Technology Transfer Program. Mr. Ferguson was also the Susan T. and Charles E. Harris Visiting Lecturer at the Watson School of Biological Sciences at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and has published articles on licensing and technology transfer issues. Connect on LinkedIn Gillian M. Fenton, Esq., CLP, Executive Director, LST Strategies LLCGillian M. Fenton, Esq., CLP has been a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES, USA & Canada) since 1992, and served as the society President in 2020-2021. Gillian’s contributions to LES and to the field of licensing were recognized with the society’s Frank Barnes Award in October 2022 and with listing in the IAM 300 in October 2023. She presently serves as U.S. Counsel to LESI and is a member of the LES USA & Canada Public Policy Committee and Course Chair for IP Licensing Basics. Gillian is the founder and executive director of LST Strategies LLC, a solo law practice dedicated to life science transactions. For the prior 8 years, she was GSK Vaccines Special Counsel for Innovation and Government Collaborations. At GSK, she supported a wide variety of business development transactions, R&D collaborations and U.S. Government Contracts including agreements with NIH/NIAID, BARDA, DARPA, CARB-X and NIIMBL. Before joining GSK, Gillian was VP, Associate General Counsel & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Emergent BioSolutions Inc., where she founded the IP department and supported all IP aspects of the company’s IPO and subsequent 9 years of growth through M&A in the vaccines, biodefense, and global health fields. Gillian also spent over ten years in private practice at law firms in Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Education: J.D. cum laude, Suffolk University Law School; B.Sc. Biochemistry, Trinity College. Admissions: MA, MD, DC. Registered U.S. Patent Attorney. Connect on LinkedIn Jennifer R. Gottwald, Ph.D., CLP, Director of Licensing, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Jennifer Gottwald is a Director of Licensing at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), where she has worked for eighteen years. WARF manages the patenting and licensing of the University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW), the WiCell Research Institute, and the Morgridge Institute for Research. Dr. Gottwald is responsible for the licensing of a portfolio of life science research tool and biotechnology intellectual properties, including green technologies. She is a Certified Licensing Professional and Patent Agent. She received a B.S. in botany and German literature, and a Ph.D. in plant molecular biology, from the UW. She lectures in the M.S. in Biotechnology program at the UW, serves as a trustee of the WiSys Technology Foundation, and is a founder and active in the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Women Inventors group. Connect on LinkedIn CANCELLATION and REFUND POLICY:No refunds will be granted for this education session. LES regrets that refunds will not be given for no-shows. A transfer of your full registration to another individual is permitted prior to the course by submitting written request to education@les.org. The individual submitting the transfer request is responsible for all financial obligations (any balance due) associated with that substitution. Funds from this program cannot be transferred to another education session without prior management approval. EMAIL CONSENT:By registering for this event, you permit LES to use your email address to communicate with you regarding LES events and their other services. 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