First Step: Deciding On What Should Be In The Collaboration Agreement?

YES

1. Is the Industry partner paying all the costs⁴¹ plus some element of profit to the
public research organisation?

2. Has the Project been proposed by the Industry partner?

3. Is the Project critical to the Industry partner's technology acquisition and/or development strategy?

4. Does the Project rely substantially on the Industry partner's own materials and/or Background IP from the Industry partner?

5. Would the Project be easy to carry out without privileged access to the PRO's
own materials or Background IP?

6. Is the focus of the Project the testing or analysis of the Industry partner's own
materials, or research based around the Industry partner's own materials or
Background IP?

7. Has the Industry partner taken the lead in designing the work for the Project?

8. Is the Industry partner managing the project e.g. setting deliverables, targets
and/or milestones for the Project?

9. Can the Project be kept separate from the other activities of the PRO researcher?

10. If the Industry partner has ownership of the IP resulting from the project will this have little or no effect on the future research of the PRO or individual researcher(s) (i.e. there will be no knock-on effect on the professor’s other research or related IP rights)?