A.) We know almost nothing about QMC's "development" agreements so it would be difficult to make any comparison, and B.) it's "commercial" because over it's renewable 7-year term, Nanoco will "receive an upfront payment, payment for delivery of quantum dot resin, and a royalty on Wah Hong’s sales of processed resin."
While our heroes may have something similar in the works, until additional information is provided by QMC or Nitto Denko or Uniglobe Kisco or _______, I believe the better comparison is to the Nanosys/Hitachi relationship announced in May.