Attorneys Analyze Academic Spinout Contracting Considerations in Licensing Journal

In The News
March 14, 2025

Partnering, acquiring, or contracting with an academic spinout presents unique considerations and risks given the spinout’s ties to an institution. The spinouts’ most critical assets often include intellectual property owned by the institution and licensed via the institution’s technology transfer office.

A Licensing Journal article focuses on academic spinouts and the diligence and risk mitigation issues to consider when a potential collaborator or acquirer is negotiating opposite such companies.

The article was authored by IP transactions and technology counsel Georgina Jones Suzuki, and IP transactions associates Courtney Sy and Anna Zhang.