In our recent report on our clients' perspectives on managing innovation in their organisations " Open Innovation: Collaborate To Innovate" we shared our insights into the world of open collaboration assisted by contributions from a wide range of our clients.

As part of our analysis we highlighted the main legal considerations that arise in restructuring a collaboration arrangement. In our first publication following on from the report – Getting the IP right in collaborations – we take a more detailed look at some of the principal intellectual property issues and set out practical steps to consider when embarking on collaboration projects.

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