{"id":13667,"date":"2024-05-07T13:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/?page_id=13667"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:49:44","slug":"licensing-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/set-up-project\/licensing-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensing Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Entities sponsoring projects at NC State University will obtain an up-front, non-exclusive, non-commercial license to the project\u2019s data and final report in addition to the first, time-limited, exclusive right to negotiate a non-exclusive or an exclusive, commercial license to the project\u2019s intellectual property once said intellectual property is disclosed to the sponsoring entity (See Option A below).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout-one-column is-text wp-block-ncst-link-list\">\n        <ul class=\"link-list__container\">\n      \n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/partnerships.ncsu.edu\/common-negotiation-areas\/\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Common Negotiation Areas<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ncst-blockquote\">\n    Note: Some of these options are not available for technologies related to traditional plant varieties nor under federally funded projects.\n  <\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Under non-federally funded work and non-new plant variety projects, the university may also be able to offer sponsoring entities with an up-front, commercial license to the project\u2019s intellectual property once the project starts in exchange for the payment of pre-determined license fees. These additional licensing options eliminate a sponsoring entity\u2019s potential uncertainty associated with licensing fees and\/or royalty rates that are typically negotiated once a project\u2019s intellectual property is disclosed to it (please see Options B, C, and D below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-75\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-75\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Option Type<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Option A<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Option B<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Option C<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Option D<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Up-Front, License Descriptions<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up-front, non-exclusive, non-commercial license to project data and final report with right to negotiate a commercial license once the intellectual property is disclosed to sponsoring entity<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Up-front, three-year, exclusive, commercial license to project intellectual property once license fee is paid<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Up-front, perpetual, non-exclusive, commercial license to project intellectual property<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Up-front, perpetual, non-exclusive, commercial license to project intellectual property with right to pre-negotiate exclusive license rates\/fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Up-Front, Pre-Determined License Fees<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">None<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">5% of total sponsored costs* (minimum $2,500*)<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">(a) 5% of total sponsored costs* (minimum $2,500*)<br \/>\n(b) $5,000 in year 2*<br \/>\n(c) $5,000 in year 3*<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">(a) Non-exclusive license fee is 15% of total project costs* (minimum $15,000*)<br \/>\n(b) Exclusive license rates\/fees negotiated prior to agreement\u2019s execution^<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Additional Notes<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">First, time-limited, exclusive right to negotiate for either a non-exclusive or an exclusive commercial license to project intellectual property once disclosed to sponsoring entity<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">License extension\u2019s rates\/fees are subject to negotiations and mutual agreement near the end of the initial three-year term<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">First, time-limited, exclusive right to negotiate an exclusive, commercial license after intellectual property is disclosed to the sponsoring entity<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Right to elect an exclusive license at the pre-determined rates*^ once the intellectual property is disclosed to the sponsoring entity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-75 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<p>*  Non-refundable minimum dollar thresholds apply<br>^ Due after IP is created<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC State researchers are the key to the NC State research enterprise. Therefore, use of Options B, C, and D require NC State faculty team member and departmental approvals. NC State University can also create other customized approaches upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How it Works Entities sponsoring projects at NC State University will obtain an up-front, non-exclusive, non-commercial license to the project\u2019s data and final report in addition to the first, time-limited,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"In addition to an up-front research license, sponsors may be to elect one of the four licensing models described below.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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