Joint Development Agreement—Long Form (Counterparty Side)
A long-form, counterparty-favorable Joint Development Agreement that sets who owns what when two companies invent together, before there is anything to argue about.
Every allocation of risk is made deliberately in your favor, with the reasoning noted for the negotiation. The complete protective provision set for a transaction where the downside justifies negotiating every term.
Choose the version you need
- Standard$4,225
- Standard (Counterparty Side)$4,725
- Standard (Institution Side)$4,725
- Short Form$2,275
- Long Form$6,825
- Long Form (Counterparty Side)$7,475This page
- Long Form (Institution Side)$7,475
- Review and Redline (Counterparty Side)$2,275
- Review and Redline (Institution Side)$2,275
- Negotiation and Closing (Counterparty Side)$7,800
- Negotiation and Closing (Institution Side)$7,800
Frequently asked questions
The fee covers the complete protective provision set, drafted from your facts, a cover note on the provisions that matter most in your situation, and an editable word file and a clean pdf. It is fixed at this scope: two parties. 2 rounds of revisions are included. If your matter falls outside that scope we tell you before starting and quote the difference—we do not bill past a flat fee without agreeing it first.
2 to 3 weeks from a complete set of instructions, plus time for the 2 rounds of revisions included in the fee. If you are working to a court deadline or a closing date, tell us when you order and we will confirm in writing whether we can meet it before you commit.
$7,475 is $325/hour × 23 hours—the time this deliverable takes in an ordinary collaboration matter, at the firm's standard rate. Because it is a flat fee, the risk of the work running long sits with the firm: you pay $7,475 whether it takes us the estimate or twice it.
2 rounds of revisions are included. You can add more when you order, or later, at $1,150 per additional round. A round is one consolidated set of your comments and our revised draft back to you.
Third-party costs are never inside a flat fee and are passed through at cost, never marked up: court and agency filing fees, court reporter and transcript charges, expert witness fees, search vendor and e-discovery hosting charges, process server fees, and travel.
The business terms you have agreed so far, the counterparty and which side of the deal you are on, any existing draft, term sheet, or prior agreement, and your risk tolerance on the provisions that matter most to you. Send what you have—if something is missing we will tell you what else we need before the turnaround clock starts.
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