November 23, 2007
BP Gets Good Terms in U. of California Deal
The University of California at Berkeley and its two academic partners have signed a much-anticipated and controversial contract with the energy giant BP for the new $500-million Energy Biosciences Institute. Some of the intellectual-property terms of the research sponsorship that favor BP appear to be unusual for a university-industry deal.
As part of the 10-year deal, scientists from BP will collaborate with academics from Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the
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