by Bruce Goldstein
Bruce Goldstein is a registered patent attorney, and currently works for the NIH Office of Technology Transfer. 1
Scenario: Disasters Waiting to Happen
I. The First and Biggest Mistake: Signing the Agreements
II. Agreements Not to Disclose: Trade-Secrets and the "CDA"
III Agreements to Transfer Materials
IV. Collaboration and Inventions: The "CRADA"
V. Proprietary Materials: The "Materials-CRADA"