Intellectual Property and CRDs February 19, 2015

NSERC Collaborative Research & Development Grant CRD Grants are intended to give Canadian companies access to unique knowledge, expertise & resources available at Canadian postsecondary institutions, and to train students in technical skills required by industry. The collaborations are expected to result in industrial and/or economic benefits to Canada.

NSERC IP Policy Mandate: Maximize benefit to Canada Improve Canadian economic activity and quality of life Industry &economic activity should occur in Canada Develop and exploit IP within an appropriate timeframe *NSERC claims no rights of ownership to IP associated with an award

NSERC IP Policy NSERC’s IP Policy is based on the following principles: Utilization of research results should benefit Canada All partners should benefit from relationship and have interests protected Support publication of research results in open literature Student graduation cannot be impeded by IP issues Researcher retains right to use results for non- commercial purposes in future research and teaching

NSERC IP Policy Mandatory Elements for IP Agreements Timeliness of exploitation; Confidential Information; Research results cannot be secret; Academic progression; Rights for future research and teaching. *Refer to Appendix C, U of G Sponsored Research Agreement

U of G IP Policies UGFA Collective Agreement (2008) Intellectual Property Policy (2014) Inventors own IP they develop Inventors must report new inventions to Catalyst Centre Inventors may choose to assign to UG and use Catalyst Centre services – UG incurs costs/risk; revenue split 50:50 Exceptions Invention/creation part of job responsibility Existing terms of funding ta (i.e. OMAFRA-UG Partnership)

Catalyst Centre Mission Our mission is to maximize the economic, social & environmental benefits of U of G inventions & ideas through Technology Transfer, Industry Liaison & Entrepreneurship Evaluate research Negotiate IP terms Execute Confidentiality & Material Transfer Agreements Protect IP Assume cost for IP protection License IP Facilitate industry partnerships Facilitate co-funding opportunities Manage liability and legal agreements

Director Erin Skimson Plant Germplasm Stephen Bowley Industry Liaison Vacant Office Administration Melissa Williams Food & Plant Agriculture Steve De Brabandere Animal, Biotechnology and Engineering David Hobson Patent Administration, MTAs and NDAs Jaleh Sasani Financial Accounts, Royalties Hosni Taky-Elden

Seeking IP protection: Patentable: novel, useful, reduced to practice Nature of research interactions & sector; Stage of research; Novel forms of dissemination and use; Background IP rights; Support for development of IP; and Opportunities for application elsewhere.

Terms of Access to Results & IP Open dissemination with no restrictions; Non-exclusive licensing; Exclusive licensing; Joint ownership; Partial assignment of ownership; or Full assignment of ownership

The Reality of Patenting (USA) Issued Patents < 10% issued patents recover their costs Reports of Invention 0.1% make $1 Million; 1% make $100K 60% of new products launched will fail 50% of licenses produce < $10k / year 52% of TT offices earn more than they spend (U of G) 16% of TT offices are self-sustaining (not U of G)

U of G Products on the Market

IP Resources NSERC IP Policy: Politiques/ip-pi_eng.asp U of G IP Policy: research/intellectual-property Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO): internetopic.nsf/eng/Home