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Technology Transfer Tactics,
Vol. 4, No. 6 (pp 81-96) June 2010

• Express-style licenses gain traction, new wrinkles emerge. The University of North Carolina has attracted considerable attention in the press for its introduction of the Carolina express license. Given the benefits of faster deals and higher throughput, it is perhaps not surprising that other TTOs have looked at similar “express” approaches, and alternative models designed to speed up deal-making process have emerged.
• New Hopkins app broadens TTO’s reach through PDAs, iPhones. A new application developed at Johns Hopkins enables users of iPhones, iPads, and Motorola Droids to instantly access the university’s technology transfer office and search for information about Hopkins inventions and faculty.
• TTO’s off-campus move sends strong message to business community. Earlier this spring, MSU Technologies — the tech transfer office for Michigan State University — took a small step across the street that represented a symbolic leap to the East Lansing business community.
• PA model gives small colleges a shot at commercialization. Most small colleges lack the resources to maintain a dedicated technology transfer office, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to pursue commercialization.
• RIT’s small tech transfer office gets added mileage from students, faculty. Large tech transfer offices often struggle with how to organize their personnel for optimal efficiency and performance, but if those larger TTOs want to complain to colleagues at small-office institutions, they shouldn’t expect much sympathy.
• Guest Commentary: Licensing Probability Model helps derive solid valuation.
• Keep the lid on patent prosecution costs. Though patent prosecution costs can be frustratingly high and represent a large line item in most TTO budgets, the good news is that means it’s also an area rife with opportunities to economize.

Posted June 11th, 2010 under Current Issue