Avoiding the Pitfalls of Consulting Agreements: How Ramot Can Help

Ramot is available to assist you and provide guidance with respect to your consulting agreements with industry. Because consulting agreements are often laden with complexities, we offer the following suggestions which may be helpful:

• Avoid working with different companies on the same subject matter.
• Ensure the freedom to consult with more than one company on different subject matter.
• Ensure that the area of consulting and scope of work are clearly defined.
• Ensure that you have the freedom to publish.
• Inform the company that rights belonging to Ramot/TAU cannot be transferred through a consulting agreement.
• Agree in advance as to the ownership of inventions that may arise from the services you provide under the consulting agreement.
• Ensure clear and adequate provision for termination of the consulting agreement.