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Category Archives: Technology Transfer
University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 10: Exclusivity compared
Now let’s look at a university that defaults to seeking an exclusive patent licensee instead. That comparison is even worse for leading with a patent license vs research review. There are way fewer folks out there in the technical world … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged eat and fart, effective, exclusivity, patent policy
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 9: Booking transfer income
We are considering scenarios that involve patentable inventions as a way to get at what a university patent policy should look like to support effective technology transfer. We compared two scenarios. In the first, a university offers a non-exclusive patent … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged no charge, non-exclusive license, patenting costs
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 8: Transfer parameters
We are comparing two technology transfer scenarios as a way to get at effective university technology transfer policy. Here are the scenarios again: Scenario 1: University offers a non-exclusive patent license for $5,000 with no post-license assistance other than delivery … Continue reading
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Tagged money, scale, transaction time
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 7: Transfer pathways
We are working through what a university patent policy should look like to support effective technology transfer practices. The Eat and Fart model–claim ownership of everything and mostly fart away opportunities to transfer so long as one exclusive deal every … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged leading asset, patent license, scenario, transfer pathway, workshop
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 5: Transfer relationships and leading assets
We are working on university patent policies for effective technology transfer. I have described the Eat and Fart model that dominates university patent practice: eat everything, fart a lot, and drop a financial turd once every decade or two to … Continue reading
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Tagged adjacent possible, dinking, eat and fart, effective, relationship, technology transfer
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 4: The Eat and Fart Model
No one in their right mind reads a book primarily because it has a copyright. “Gosh, all these books in the public domain–I need to find one with a solid, enforced copyright!” Similarly, technologists with stable brains do not seek … Continue reading
University Patent Thickets
Here’s a passage from Walton Hamilton and Irene Till, “What is a Patent” in the Spring 1948 issue of Law and Contemporary Problems: It is the very purpose of the patent lawyer to flood the office with an endless stream … Continue reading
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Reflections on Shill Reflections on Bayh-Dole, 1: Intent and utilization
Rebecca Tapscott has posted an article at IP Watchdog, “Industry Leaders Reflect on Bayh-Dole at 40.” There are lots of problems with this article–and with the “leaders’” “reflections” when it comes to Bayh-Dole. But hey, folks are entitled to mis-remember … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Technology Transfer
Tagged 35 USC 200, Bayh-Dole, ineptocrats, intent
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 2: Non-exclusive, voluntary, negotiated practice for effective technology transfer
We will get into the operational details of non-exclusive, voluntary, negotiated university IP management for effective technology transfer. Short answer–everything is navigable and has already been done, even if folks have forgotten how to do it. We can look at … Continue reading
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Tagged crappy, non-exclusive, patent policy, technology transfer
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 1: Outline
Universities have never had patent policies centered on technology transfer. Not back when, not now. It should come as no surprise that universities don’t track technology transfer and don’t report their outcomes. What would a university technology transfer IP policy … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Projects, Technology Transfer
Tagged project, technology transfer
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