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Faculty Strategies for Getting Their IP Back
If you are a faculty member at an American university, you will get a lot of twisted advice from your university technology transfer office about intellectual property, Bayh-Dole, and patent policy. The advice (and descriptions about technology transfer) is mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged conditional, faculty, startup
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Undermining Bayh-Dole by relying on it? 2
We are working through an op/ed published in April 2021 by Niels Reimers, one of the recognized university TLO leaders from the 1970s on. We are working through it now because the Bayh-Dole Coalition is using quotes from it to … Continue reading
UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 7
We have been working through the arguments for universities implementing one-size-fits-all licensing templates for their spinout companies, so that all spinouts are treated the same–as if university spinouts are all the same, or should be made to become all the … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged conflict of interest, FAST, spinout, startup
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UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 3
GeekWire published an article about what UW calls its new scheme to shorten negotiations with its spinout teams–UW personnel who have invented in their research labs and want to start a company to develop applications and products for their inventions. … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Startups, Technology Transfer
Tagged bureaucracy, clownshow, spinout, startup, University of Washington, UW
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UW’s Fast Start template, a bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 2
We are working through a GeekWire article about the University of Washington’s “new” template-based deal for startups, so that all startups are treated alike, and doing so the university claims will shorten negotiations and reduce costs–as if these are the … Continue reading
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Tagged clownshow, CoMotion, FAST, spinout, startup, University of Washington
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UW’s Fast Start template, a bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 1
GeekWire ran an article recently announcing that the University of Washington has “unveiled” a new licensing scheme for startups: “Univ. of Washington rolls out new licensing process to streamline negotiations with spinouts.” Let’s work through this article and see what … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged C4C, clownshow, FAST, spinout, startup, University of Washington, UW
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The $100M Rain Dance
A basic premise of university technology transfer is that research conducted at a university produces discoveries and inventions that otherwise would not be made, patents are issued on these discoveries and inventions, and the patent position induces investors and companies to … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged AUTM, bustle, C4C, commercialization, Lerner, regulatory capture, startup, University of Utah, University of Washington, USTAR
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Well, if you don’t like these five things, I’ve got others.
Innovation Daily has just published “Five Things Technology Transfer Offices Wish Their Start-ups Knew.” This appears to be based on a presentation the author made at the last AUTM meeting. Perhaps that’s why the piece argues that university IP offices … Continue reading
Posted in History, Innovation, IP, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged comitatus, IP, protection, startup, technology transfer
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University startups, exits, and candor
The most recent Pitchbook has some interesting information on private equity exits. If university administrators have been sold on the idea that there’s fast cash in startup company equity, there are also data to dampen administrative spirits. The Pitchbook identifies … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Metrics, Policy
Tagged exit, loyal opposition, Pitchbook, startup, University of Washington
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