On Referring an Agreement for Research and Development Services to Aleatory Transactions

The article is devoted to the question of whether an R&D contract can be classified as an aleatory transaction. The purpose of the study is to analyze, in relation to an R&D agreement, the signs of an aleatory transaction, such as: the presence of a random event of a nature beyond the control of the participants, on which the legal consequences of the transaction depend; absence of an exchange element; risk as a fundamental element of this transaction; Features of legal regulation regarding restrictions on the right to judicial protection. Based on the results of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the R&D agreement is a risky contractual structure, but cannot be qualified as an aleatory transaction.