The post-genomic era has lead to a paradigm shift in the Life Science Industry, driven by technological advances and increased upstream patenting, resulting in Open Innovation initiatives to sustain growth in an increasingly competitive, knowledge driven environment. Open Innovation Platforms is a dynamic model for facilitating collaboration, and this work aims to uncover the underlying legal constructions used to regulate openness on Open Innovation Platforms, also creating a toolbox consisting of the legal and contractual models necessary to support the construction of openness and...