On June 4, 2024, RCTT's experts took part in the webinar "Tech Start Up Licensing Issues" organized by Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).

Course Description

Any university technology license presents challenges, but licenses to technology start-ups present their own unique challenges. This session will cover the fundamentals in how an institution approaches the structure and contractual provisions of a technology start-up license and will discuss how the university can manage critical issues and traps that arise in such agreements. The session will also discuss some of the current pressures the technology start-ups are concerned with, and the likely push backs to except from technology start-ups and their investors and approaches in how institutions can manage issues. Topics to be discussed include due diligence approaches to licensees, approaches in setting and managing milestones, understanding traps in affiliate, sublicensing and subcontracting arrangements, and other issues.

 Learning Objectives:

• Learn fundamental issues that arise with a technology start up license.

• Discuss different approaches an institution can take to address license issues with a technology start up.

• Discuss how to anticipate issues that might arise with a technology start up and address in the license agreement.

Presenter: Jeffrey Peterson, Attorney, Michael Best

The presentation of the webinar can be found here.

With a video of the webinar here.