The following is a list of the articles that appear in the May 2008 issue of Technology Transfer Tactics monthly newsletter. Subscribe now and get access to this issue as well as access to our online archive of back issues, industry research reports, sample MTAs, legal opinions, sample forms and contracts, government documents and more!

Technology Transfer Tactics,
Vol. 2, No. 5 (pp 65-80) May 2008

• U.S. TTOs look to make connections with overseas counterparts. Along with an ongoing trend to seek more investment and licensing dollars from overseas companies, American tech transfer offices are increasing seeking — and establishing — ties with TTOs around the globe in an effort to stimulate more global opportunities for their research commercialization efforts ……… p. 65
• Attention to detail is key to crafting a ‘bulletproof’ NDA/CDA. Crafting of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) or Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) that effectively protects your IP and other proprietary information during license negotiations is a delicate balancing act between making the document too broad or too narrow — both of which can be dangerous, experts tell Technology Transfer Tactics ……… p. 65
• Desire to expand global reach not unique to U.S. TTOs. U.S.-based TTOs are not alone in seeking ties outside their borders, as London-based Imperial College showed with its recent foray into India ……… p. 70
• Moving TTO into foundation structure opens new opportunities. Since Clemson University transitioned its technology transfer operations into a 501(c)3 foundation, it has “gone from single-digit licensing to double-digit licensing numbers, in large part due simply to having greater tools of negotiation at our disposal,” reports Vincie C. Albritton ……… p. 66
• New tech transfer model uses market pull approach to speed commercialization. Stevens Institute of Technology is experimenting with what it says is a unique model for technology transfer that will connect researchers with market intelligence from key players off campus at the very start of the invention process ……… p. 67
• University offers SBIR/STTR program to local businesses. For a university TTO to develop an in-house SBIR/STTR program may not be all that unusual, but when that service is offered not only to faculty and university spinoffs but also to local businesses, it sets the program apart ……… p. 68
• Tips from the Field: Create more value for your technologies by focusing on portfolios, not individual inventions ……… p. 74
• Tech transfer marketing guru offers best practices and benchmarks. Find out how the University of Florida measures its marketing efforts, and the strategies it uses to get 25% of marketed technologies licensed ……… p. 76
• U-Mich broadens industry outreach with Business Engagement Center. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has established an innovative center intended to foster relationships with industry on a broader level than the licensing focus of its TTO, and feed those relationships back into commercialization efforts ……… p. 77
• Online newsletter helps TTO spread the word. An online newsletter published by the Univerisity of Colorado TTO is helping the office spread the word about the both the office’s accomplishments and its available technologies ……… p. 78

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