A Checklist of common issues to consider when entering into a joint development agreement. This Checklist assumes an arrangement between two companies having expertise in different but complementary technologies seeking to collaborate to develop a new product for commercialization. It addresses preliminary considerations and common joint development agreement provisions, including the scope of the parties' joint development activities and their performance obligations, project management, intellectual property (IP) use and ownership, confidentiality, risk allocation, dispute resolution, and termination.