New IP exchange to open in 2012
IPXI is almost ready to open a new public exchange of IP rights, allowing patent owners to publicly list and license rights to their technology in the form of Unit License Right™ (ULR) contacts. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Politics may determine the fate of SBIR and STTR innovation funding programs
Early this month, the U.S. Senate approved a bill reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. SBIR is the largest federal research program for small businesses; STTR targets university start-ups. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this [...]
Tech transfer office get big IP monetization payday for Auckland University
In 1988, Professor John Boys set up a magnetic field that transferred an electric charge across two points without the need for hard wiring. The commercial implications were obvious, though the timetables were not. Later he was joined by Associate Professors Grant Covic and Udaya Madawala and eight of their students in developing what is [...]
The mouse that roared: Barnes & Noble refuses to roll over for Microsoft
The number of companies paying royalties to Microsoft allegedly to avoid infringing Android operating system patents continues to grow … but there is one holdout. Refusing to join in the lemming cliff-jump, Barnes & Noble first played the antitrust card (more on this in February’s IP Management & Valuation), and now has introduced (and continues [...]
How to protect the IP value of photographic images
Jeremy Nicholl says to register photographic images at the US Copyright Office. “The U.S. may be a Berne signatory, but in practice the USA has a dual copyright system: major protection and zero protection.” Unregistered images are still copyrighted, but the remedies are quite limited. Registration carries with it statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement, [...]
What happened to the ICAP auction of covenants not to sue (CNSs)?
IPBlog reported on an interesting twist in IP value, that of extracting the value of a covenant not to sue from IP rights, and the auction of such CNSs that was to be held on September 27. Though there are clearly confidentiality issues that surround covenants not to sue, as Intangible Asset Management points out, [...]
Patent auction scheduled for this week
The multi-industry, technology-based ICAP Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction is scheduled for November 16 and 17. Here’s a current look at the patent portfolios offered. To participate, contact ICAP Patent Brokerage CEO Dean Becker at Dean.Becker@us.icap.com. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Jackie Maguire reveals important considerations for coordinating business and IP strategies
Jackie Maguire, CEO of Coller IP Management and a member of BVR’s IP Management and Valuation editorial advisory board, lists important considerations in the order organizations should address when coordinating IP and business strategies: Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
What does a university technology transfer licensing manager do?
Last week the University of Rochester Office of Technology Transfer published a “day in the life” chronicle of what a licensing manager does. The list not only serves as a foundation for a detailed job description, and also offers an empathetic view stakeholders who rely on a research center’s office of technology transfer can appreciate. [...]
Preparation is the key to successful license negotiations
Hal Worsham, Managing Director, Brand Licensing at LMCA, writes in Brand Business that the key to negotiating successful license agreements lies in preparation. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
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