Contract and Legal Document Drafting in the Pharma&Biotech Industry: Research Collaborations, Licensing Agreements, Intellectual Property

Description

The “Contract and Legal Document Drafting in the Pharma/Biotech Industry: Research Collaborations, Licensing Agreements, Intellectual Property” training session is designed to enhance participants’ skills in drafting pharmaceutical manufacturing and licensing agreements, as well as research contracts. The training will focus on three types of contracts: collaborative research agreements, licensing agreements, and license and supply agreements, with a particular emphasis on the intellectual property rights involved. The primary objective of the training is to provide participants with the ability to structure and draft these agreements effectively while understanding and applying the industrial law considerations specific to the sector.

Why you should attend this training?

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic terms and principles of license, license and supply, and collaborative research contracts
• Understand the grant clause in licensing agreements
• Understand payment terms in license and license and supply agreements
• Understand the effects of termination in these agreements
• Understand collaborative research-specific IP measures
• Understand technology transfer in the context of these agreements

Who should attend?

This Training is directed towards specialists and executives in the pharmaceutical industry entrusted with the legal documents and contract drafting.

• Legal directors
• Legal counsels
• Lawyers
• Paralegals
• Patent attorneys
• University knowledge transfer professionals

About the trainer

Istvan Molnar – Patent Attorney

Meet István Molnár, a multi-talented professional with a Ph.D. and extensive experience in intellectual property, innovation, and the pharmaceutical industry. He is currently the head of business development and client relation at SBGK Patent and Law attorneys. István is also a European and Hungarian Patent Attorney, a Research Chemist, a Lawyer, and a Horticultural Engineer.
His expertise includes knowledge transfer, industrial property rights, and licensing agreements, among others. He has specialized knowledge in the agricultural, agro-industrial, organic chemistry, building, food, and chemical technology industries. István also has an exceptional background in literature copyright, remuneration agreements, and trademarks.
István has served in various roles throughout his career, including Senior Patent Attorney at EGIS Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Director of the South Great Plain Regional Innovation Agency, and International Consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Hungarian Industrial Property and Copyright Association, the Industrial Property Rights Expert Board, and the European Patent Institute. István is also the President of the Hungarian Chapter of the Licensing Executives’ Society. István has a Ph.D. in Industrial Management and a doctorate in law from the University of Szeged. He also has a horticultural engineering degree from Neumann János University and a research chemistry degree from József Attila University. In addition, he has completed an Advanced Industrial Property Rights Course at the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office.