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Our trans Atlantic support for spin outs encompasses license negotiation, IP filing advice, strategy development, business plan creation, financial structuring and sourcing, plus business development and customer engagement.

We can assist by steering through the maze of often conflicting advice from, among others, lawyers, accountants, patent attorneys and technology transfer offices.

United States

Support to a spin out from the University of California, Santa Barbara, commercialising Nobel Prize winning technology in the life science sector. Engagement included:
  • Business plan creation
  • Renegotiation of global master license with the University of California
  • Steering company through three angel rounds and two venture capital rounds, raising a total of $8 million
  • Intellectual property management
  • Parent company relocation from US to UK with attendant tax issues
  • Negotiation of customer licenses with global diagnostic and life science companies
  • www.sirigen.com

United Kingdom

Support to a spin out from a major NHS Trust/University Hospital commercialising a market disruptive web based diagnostics platform for use within the NHS, direct to the public and internationally.

  • Creation of detailed business plan
  • Negotiation of Assignment Agreement of Intellectual Property
  • Secured >£200k of grant assistance
  • Closed first angel round >£300k

Market entry strategy for US consumer healthcare portal establishing European operations

Market entry strategy for US interactive architect establishing German operations 

 



Rules of the Road

  • Be clear on what is being licensed
    • specific patents
    • fields of application
    • degree of exclusivity
    • duration
    • geography
  • Who controls patent strategy
  • Reporting and payment requirements
  • Any sublicensing restrictions