DP00AS48 Get to know agreements (0.5 cr)
Cooperation network course
Network: National doctoral courses
Available for: Doctoral studies
This course is offered through the Network for Doctoral Studies. These studies are available for doctoral degree students studying in the University of Jyväskylä.
Description
- What should a researcher know about contracts?
- What is the difference between a contract and a commitment?
- Why are contracts necessary?
- What types of contracts are used? The course covers the fundamentals of various contract types, such as NDA, MTA, DTA, project, transfer of rights, license, and publishing agreements.
- What is agreed in agreements? What should be paid attention to?
- What obligations and responsibilities do contracts bring to the researcher's work?
- Who owns the results generated in research?
- How are agreed from intellectual property rights (copyright, patent)?
Learning outcomes
When conducting research, one often encounters various agreements that need to be made before, for example, gaining access to the necessary materials or data or when wanting to publish the research results in a scientific journal. Funding entities for research projects also require that participating organizations enter into collaboration agreements.
Agreements are also necessary when negotiating with companies and handling confidential information.
The goal of the course is to learn why agreements are necessary, what types of agreements are used, what obligations agreements impose on the researcher's work, and what the key elements of agreements are.
Additional information
The course is held in English once a year in the fall.