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Technology Transfer Tactics,
Vol. 4, No. 1 (pp 1-16) January 2010
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Don’t panic, but take steps to prepare for Bilski decision. The U.S. Supreme Court’s much-anticipated ruling in the Bilski case will likely alter the landscape for business method patents and send shockwaves through the tech transfer community. Though no one can predict for certain the outcome, many observers believe the days of business method patents are numbered
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UNC introduces standardized ‘express’ start-up license. Forming a start-up at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may become easier following the introduction of a standard licensing arrangement that the university is promoting as its “best deal”
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In bold stroke, U of Kentucky brings clinicians into commercialization pipeline. In 2008, only one disclosure came out of the University of Kentucky’s Medical Center in Lexington, and it didn’t go anywhere. But in just the last quarter of 2009, there were 16 disclosures, including two that already have working prototypes
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TTOs face new reality when seeking venture funding. TTOs say they are facing a hard truth when it comes to early-stage financing: Projects that would have been considered “venture ready” a few short years ago are having a much tougher time attracting VC funding today
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Do poster presentations jeopardize your TTO’s commercialization efforts? Go to virtually any innovation showcase or industry meeting and you’re bound to see a collection of poster presentations. They look harmless enough; summaries of ongoing research often created by graduate students. But beneath their innocuous façade, some say, lies a potential threat to the commercialization of the technologies in question
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UMich creates ‘one-stop-shop’ center for start-ups. Having a wide range of services and resources available to faculty entrepreneurs and investors has always been seen as an important goal by the TTO at The University of Michigan, but recently its leadership decided that those services could be provided more effectively and efficiently by creating a central contact point for all interested parties