Common use of Academic Research Clause in Contracts

Academic Research. Educational research done in the usual course in the pursuit of a degree, instructional (i.e., educational and training) use in a classroom setting; or research by faculty and students which is funded by the government or non-profit research foundations and intended for publication in the publicly available literature; provided, however, that to qualify as Academic Research, the research must not involve patentability searching.

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