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Technology Transfer Tactics,
Vol. 4, No. 5 (pp 65-80) May 2010

• Myriad gene patent decision adds to steady erosion of IP protection. The recent district court ruling in the Myriad Genetics case is just the latest major test of what is and is not patentable.
• New model seeks to rescue ‘stranded’ biomedical innovations. How to get biotech innovations through the expensive and lengthy proof-of-concept stage is a huge dilemma facing research institutions.
• New financial exchange offers new alternative for IP monetization. Chicago-based Intellectual Property Exchange International is laying the groundwork for a formal launch later this year, allowing owners of IP to monetize their assets, while giving investors access to trading, investment, and arbitrage opportunities.
• U of Kentucky uses federal grant to fund two FTEs who harvest marketable IP. Federal and state legislators are asking tough questions about the fruits of their research funding dollars, and looking for more job growth resulting from university research commercialization efforts.
• Marketing Matters: Is your TTO’s website effectively targeting the right audience?
• Entrepreneur-focused Master’s program to target university’s unlicensed IP. This September, the Univeristy of Rochester will officially launch a Master of Science degree called the Technical Entrepreneurship and Management (TEAM) program. Every TEAM student will create a business plan around a real technology, and will also have an opportunity to commercialize that technology via a start-up company or licensing effort.
• What it takes to be a TEAM player. The Technical Entrepreneurship and Management (TEAM) program at the University of Rochester is currently in a prototype or beta-testing phase involving 4.5 students, but this new Master of Science degree has already generated a lot of interest.
• Lacking strategic vision? Vice provost for technology transfer policy may be the answer.

Posted May 13th, 2010 under Current Issue