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Technology Transfer Tactics,
Vol. 3, No. 8 (pp 129-144) August 2009

• TTOs reach for new metrics to document their value. Most TTOs continue to dutifully count up and report on licenses, patents, and revenues — and to a large extent, these metrics continue to form the basis of how performance in the technology transfer arena is gauged. But there is a growing drumbeat of dissatisfaction with these traditional measures because they no longer adequately account for the kinds of activities that tech transfer personnel find themselves increasingly engaged in ……… p. 129
• U of Virginia revamps tech transfer model to enhance integration, relationships. The University of Virginia (UVA) and the UVA Patent Foundation in Charlottesville are on a joint mission to re-make the technology transfer process at the university, reports Thomas Skalak, PhD, vice president for research and graduate studies and ex officio representative on the UVA Patent Foundation board ……… p. 129
• Fledgling Boliven patent search site integrates array of tools for TTOs. After getting a tip from one tech transfer professional about a patent search tool that he cited as more useful than most, TTT decided to check it out ……… p. 130
• Legal Q&A: Take these steps to minimize the risks of ‘residual information’ ……… p. 131
• AUTM unveils a draft proposal for new metrics. Recognizing that the mission for many TTOs has broadened well beyond licensing and patenting, the Association of University Technology Managers has been exploring the creation of new measures that do a better job of capturing the many different activities technology transfer professionals typically engage in ……… p. 133
• Learn the signs of a pending reorganization — and how to deal with one. A reorganization may be in the cards for some university TTOs that need to reposition to adapt to the current economic climate ……… p. 136
• UTRF decentralizes to provide more individualized tech transfer. The University of Tennessee Research Foundation has decentralized its technology transfer operations in order to better support its mission of building the university’s research enterprise, managing and commercializing its IP, promoting an entrepreneurial spirit, and boosting the state’s economy ……… p. 137
• Experts offer strategies to strengthen COI process, policies. As relationships between researchers, TTOs, funders, start-ups, corporate sponsors, and licensees get ever more complex, your conflict of interest policies and procedures must keep pace ……… p. 139
• Associations advocate COI compliance by 2010 while NIH contemplates new rules. TTOs can turn to several reports on COI reform to guide their efforts ……… p. 140
• U of Alabama shores up patent policy as fledgling tech transfer program matures. The University of Alabama System recently updated its research commercialization policy in an effort to better secure its IP rights and to specifically claim ownership of all inventions that use school resources ……… p. 143

Posted September 21st, 2009 under Current Issue

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