THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY LICENSING

THOROGOOD PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTS A SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED REPORT THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY LICENSING Charles D. DesForges Blank page A Thorogood Report THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY LICENSING Charles D. DesForges Other Thorogood Reports: Technical Aspects of Business Leases Malcolm Dowden The Competition Act – Practical Advice and Guidance Susan Singleton Techniques of Structuring and Drafting Commercial Contracts Robert Ribeiro Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling Companies Martyn Ingles Successful Competitive Tendering Jeff Woodhams The Internet and E-commerce Peter Carey The Legal Protection of Databases Simon Chalton Knowledge Management Sue Brelade and Christopher Harman Published by Thorogood 10-12 Rivington Street London EC2A 3DU. t: 020 7749 4748 f: 020 7729 6110 e: info@thorogood.ws w: www.thorogood.ws © Charles D. DesForges 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. This Report is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed upon the subsequent purchaser. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action as a result of any material in this publication can be accepted by the author or publisher. A CIP catalogue record for this Report is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 85418 285 4 Printed in Great Britain by printflow.com About the author Charles DesForges is Chairman of Casect Ltd and a partner of CMD Associates. From May 1997 to October 2000 he was Executive Director of IMnI, an international, metal mining consortium based in Paris. He was Chief Executive of VSL (UK-based professional organisation specialising in innovation management and investment, European/USA strategic alliances and international licensing) from April 1993 to December 2000 and in addition he was Chairman of Royston Lead plc from January 1996 to October 1997. During the period March 1988 to May 1996 he was Chairman of the Board and President of TII (The European Association for Technology Transfer, Innovation and Industrial Information) with offices in Luxembourg & Brussels. He has been an adviser to the CEC for 15 years and since 1984 consultant to and director of a number of companies involved in strategic innovation and international business development. Charles was responsible for investing in early-stage innovation at 3i plc, Europe’s leading venture capital firm, from April 1984 to March 1993, during which time he was Managing Director of RCL (UK-USA joint venture) and 3i REL; Chief Executive of The Research Corporation Trust; founding-director of Impel Ltd (a 3i plc and ICSTM joint venture); Chairman of Benn Research Ltd. From September 1965 to March 1984, he held senior management/director positions in technology-dependent, US multinational companies (Union Carbide Corporation and Engelhard Corporation) in USA, Belgium, France and UK and spent six years with a UK management consultancy/contract research company (Fulmer Group), having started his career as a sales engineer with Foseco-Minsep plc. He has a first class honours degree in applied science (metals and materials) and a Ph.D. (St. John’s College, University of Cambridge), receiving various academic prizes (Mappin and Nesthill medallist) and awards (Freshgate Foundation Scholar and British Council Young Research Scholar). In 1977 he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Materials (serving as Vice-President, member of the Executive Committee, chairman of the Finance/Planning Committee and Council member). He was made Freeman of the Goldsmith’s Company and Freeman of the City of London in 1983. Author of 100-plus papers/articles with extensive worldwide experience in devising and presenting senior management seminars on: business innovation finance; commercial exploitation of intellectual property assets; international licensing; creation of strategic alliances; European/US SME development and technology management. ... - tailieumienphi.vn