JASON WATSON, Special Counsel

Jason practices at the interface of institutional research; corporate fundraising and development; and subsequent licensing and commercialisation of intellectual property (IP).

Jason's clients include research organisations, start-up companies, SMEs and listed companies. He was recently seconded to an ASX-listed biotech company is also FAL's liaison for pro bono work with the Public Interest Legal Clear House (PILCH).

Examples of work:

• Advice in relation to complex transactions, including establishing multi-party consortia,
• Research and consultancy contracts
• Drafting commercial contracts and suites of model agreements
• Intellectual property and technology protection and commercialisation
• Appointing and working closely with patent attorneys to achieve broad patent protection
• Negotiating and implementing licensing, assignment, shareholding and other commercialisation agreements
• Providing IP, commercialisation and legal training workshops
• Monitoring and enforcing royalty payments and commercialisation milestones
• Establishment, structuring and winding up activities of research vehicles, including Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs)