Technology Transfer by Universities
Technology Transfer and patent licensing by universities has come a long way in the forty years since IP Hall of Fame inductee Niels Reimers first established the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) at Stanford.
Since then, many academic institutions and laboratories have established some form of Technology Transfer Office, or TTO, as they're generally called, or have designated someone to manage the marketing and licensing of technology invented at the university. There's even a specialty publication dedicated to providing the latest information and best practices, titled Technology Transfer Tactics.
Technology Transfer Tactics is independent and unbiased. It is not affiliated with any organization, government agency, or foundation, or with any vendor or supplier. It is entirely funded by subscription revenue, and accepts no advertising.
For the current issue of the Technology Transfer Tactics monthly newsletter, Cameron J. McCoy of the University of Oklahoma was interviewed about their Intellectual Property Management Office (IPMO), which we've also written about here on our corporate weblog, in connection with the implementation there of IP.com's InnovationQ workflow management software.
You can read the article here and, if you're interested in the latest tactics for technology transfer and licensing, you might want to subscribe to the newsletter of Technology Transfer Tactics.
In addition to the article about the University of Oklahoma's IPMO, the June 2009 Issue of Technology Transfer Tactics has interesting pieces with these headlines:
- TTOs take part in mad scramble for research dollars.
- Examine COI policies as big pharmas take bigger stake in early-stage research.
- Model for patent protection at Virginia Tech speeds up commercialization process, but challenges remain.
- TTO uses technology to target IP management/marketing gains.
- ‘Trolls’ have a thing or two to teach TTOs about patent protection.
- Florida start-ups to double with integrated statewide program.
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Each issue targets specific challenges in recognizing, protecting, and “marketing” potentially valuable research results, moving the discovery from the sheltered world of the laboratory to successful wide utilization, funding these challenges, and ensuring proper division of recognition and resultant monies. Our editors and writers report expert advice, successful case histories, legal perspectives, and other information that will enable hurdles to be surmounted efficiently and with prudent use of limited resources.
Here's a link to the current issue of Technology Transfer Tactics.
