[NHCOLL-L:3142] Tissue request from for-profit organization

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Hi all

 

We have just received a tissue request from a corporate entity wanting to use tissues for the developing of primers for a third party and I was wondering how other collections handle such requests.  We are a federally funded collection and as such do not charge for any services or use of collections for non-profit research use but it strikes me that this is a special case.  They will be making a profit from the sale of these primers to the third party.

 

Has anyone had such a request?  Did you charge for use?  In what form - a flat fee or percentage of the profits?

 

Thanks

 

Andy

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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863
Fax: (785) 864-5335
Email: ABentley at ku.edu       
                                                
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