The following is a list of the articles that appear in the June 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. 6 (pp 81-96) June 2008

• Early-stage valuations: Numbers tell only part of the story. Early-stage technology is a funny thing when it comes to valuation. There are all kinds of sophisticated models you can use to arrive at a dollar figure, but when you consider that a great deal of guesswork drives most of these equations, it becomes clear that valuation is much more art than science. Nonetheless, some TTOs do a much better job of assessing the value of nascent innovations than others, and there is no question that the skills involved can be honed and improved ……… p. 81
• Stanford adds new clauses to license agreements in wake of MedImmune case. TTOs all over the U.S. took keen interest in the decision handed down January 29, 2007, by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of MedImmune v. Genentech Inc., et al, but none more than Stanford University, which was intimately involved in the case. Stanford co-filed an amici brief jointly with Columbia University, The American Association of Medical Colleges, The Association of American Universities and others, and the school was part of a ‘companion’ case in which MedImmune challenged a licensed patent involving functional antibodies ……… p. 81
• Researchers get their hands dirty at Entrepreneurship Academy. It’s one thing to lecture innovators on the steps they’ll need to take to commercialize their inventions. It’s another to guide them through actually getting their hands dirty. The Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy is a week-long “school” designed to teach researchers how to participate effectively in getting their inventions out of the lab and into the marketplace ……… p. 82
• TTOs mix and match systems to enhance their IT capabilities. TTOs often find themselves in an odd in-between world that requires configuring programs designed for a small enterprise within a large, enterprise-wide university IT infrastructure ……… p. 83
• “Star Chamber” taps into outside experts, sets stage for future deals. Here’s how one TTO in Scotland is reaching outside the campus to tap industry experts and realize the full commercial potential of researchers’ discoveries ……… p. 84
• Study: Emerging TTOs need benchmarks, best practices to move forward. A national survey of emerging technology transfer offices suggests they face many of the same challenges that plague their brethren at large research universities, including inadequate financial and human resources, lack of institutional support, and inappropriate emphasis on revenue generation ……… p. 91
• RIT cedes IP ownership in new tech transfer model. The Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology has unveiled an innovative tech transfer model designed to rev up its industry partnerships by allowing the companies it works with in R&D collaborations to own rather than license the IP involved ……… p. 93
• ‘Bucks for Brains:’ U of Louisville program more than lives up to its name. Kentucky’s Research Challenge Trust Fund, better known as “Bucks for Brains,” has been a major boon for the University of Louisville, where an influx of research talent has attracted more than $144 million in research funding, with an economic impact of more than $320 million — more than triple the state’s $100 million investment ……… p. 94

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