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Jason Watson graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1998 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in marketing and accounting. In 2008 Jason completed a Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology Industry at RMIT.
Jason is admitted to practice in South Australia and Victoria and is FAL’s liaison for pro bono work with the Public Interest Legal Clearing House (PILCH). He is an accredited presenter for the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand (LESANZ) and a member of the Society of University Lawyers (SOUL).
Jason commenced his professional career as the sole lawyer at the University of South Australia (UniSA) where he dealt with all legal aspects of research including R&D, employment and consultancy contracts, ethics and intellectual property matters. Jason’s research contracts process was accredited to the international ISO9001 quality standard.
Jason also performed as the Executive Officer for the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) where he was responsible for IP education and drafted and implemented the University’s Consulting, Research, Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Policies. He then transferred to UniSA’s commercialisation company, ITEK Pty Ltd, where he managed all legal aspects of commercialisation including research and licensing negotiation and the patent portfolio.
Jason provides legal advice in relation to research, intellectual property, commercial and contractual matters and was recently seconded to a listed biotechnology company.
He has relevant expertise and extensive experience in:
- 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
- Research vehicles, including Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), establishment, structuring and winding up activities
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