Industry Contracts:
An Overview
April 19, 2005
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Industry Contracts: An
Overview
What Is Industry Contracting?
The development, negotiation, award and administration of contracts and other agreements with industrial partners.
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Overview
Definition of
a Contract
A legally enforceable binding agreement between two or more parties in which a party or parties agree(s) to perform a service for or provide goods to another party in return for consideration.
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Characteristics of
a Contract
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Required Elements
of a Contract
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Industry v. Non-Industry
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Anatomy of a Typical
Contract
00/b>Preamble and/or Recitals 00/b>Reports/Deliverables
00/b>Schedule 00/b>Publishing Copyrights
00/b>Special Provisions 00/b>Equipment
00/b>General Provisions 00/b>Patents & licensing
00/b>Statement of Work (SOW) 00/b>Records & Audits
00/b>Key Personnel 00/b>Termination
00/b>Period of Performance 00/b>Assignments
00/b>Consideration/ 00/b>Execution
Financial Arrangement
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Anatomy of a Typical
Contract 00cont00
Schedule
Set Schedule Required DeliverablesSpecial Provisions
Unusual/unacceptable terms and conditions Export control, classified work, foreign national restrictionsStatement of Work (SOW)
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Anatomy of a Typical
Contract 00cont00
Period of Performance
Dates NegotiableReports/Deliverables
Non-report DeliverablePublishing Copyrights
Differences of OpinionEquipment
Retention of TitleSRA Southern
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Anatomy of a Typical
Contract 00cont00
Patents and Licensing
Ownership and RightsTermination
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Categories of Industry
Contracts
Source of Funding
Industry Internal R&D Flow thruContract Type
Fixed Price Cost ReimbursableSRA Southern
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Types of Industry
Agreements
Allocation Agreements
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Types of Industry
Agreements 00cont00
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Industry Contract
Process
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Negotiation Issues
00/b>Intellectual Property Ownership
00/b>Conflicting Obligations 00/b>Export Control
00/b>Indemnification/hold harmless
00/b>Exclusivity 00/b>Security Requirements
00/b>Confidentiality Conditions
00/b>Publishing Rights 00/b>Governing
Law
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Closing
Brandi Kay Boniface, CRA
Sr. Industry Contracts Manager
University of South Carolina
901 Sumter Street, 5th Floor
Columbia, SC 29208
803/777-6420
