國立大學研發成果技術授權契約之研究

Abstract

There are three aspects during the process of licensing between university and industry. The first one is legislation. Because the technical fundamental law and related authorities haven't established a consistent law order, this paper will give some legislative advice on the context of legal system and try to reorganize related licensing law by comparing the Bayh-Dole Act of US with Technology Transfer Promotion Act of Japan. Second, universities should evaluate the effectiveness of licensing and maintain the essence of the technology skills appropriately so the technology transferring office can adopt a clear licensing strategy. Finally, signing the contract of licensing. The paper will mainly discuss about five provisions both sides should deliberate on when signing the licensing contract to emphasize its importance. There are five aspects to inspect the licensing agreement. First of all, a reasonable royalty and methods of license depend on choosing a proper licensing model. Second, because the contract involves three parties, during the period of licensing, it is difficult to monitor of licensee. Therefore, the third aspect is that licensor must request to sign Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement to protect all highly confidential documents. Fourth, the penalty of licensing agreement should also be drawn up according to different circumstances of breach contract. At last, if it's transnational license, we need to consider how to choose the law and consent to jurisdiction in advance.

國立大學研發成果與我國科技業者間，在進行技術授權過程中，整體面臨三個層次的問題。一、立法層次：即指我國科技基本法及各部會制定相關辦法仍未建立一致法秩序，故本文嘗試透過與美、日移轉法制比較的方式，提出我國立法檢討與建議，並試圖統整我國相關技術授權法制沿革脈絡；二、大學層次：妥善評估各大專院校實際技術授權效益，適當定位研發成果技術本質，將影響技術移轉中心決定採行技術授權策略；三、契約層次：本文討論主軸在於簽訂技術授權契約條款時，應行事先謹慎審酌五大重點，強調技術授權契約條款之重要性。 檢視技術移轉授權契約內容，五大重點涵蓋：選定授權模式，將影響技術授權方式與收取權利金高低；又因國立大學研發成果技術授權的三方關係，對被授權方人員的監督管控較為薄弱，針對高度機密性的研發技術資訊，應妥善簽署保密協定；然而，懲罰性違約金之制定方式，更不應一概而論，實應區分違約情狀，制定不同懲罰性違約金之基準；最後，倘若涉及跨國性的技術授權，則應事先考量選定準據法與合意管轄因素。