TECHtransfer101

Use of Federally Funded Research and Development

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:26:00 +0000

RL33527 - Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development

Abstract: The federal government spends approximately one third of its annual research and development budget1 for intramural R&D to meet mission requirements in over 700 government laboratories (including Federally Funded Research and Development Centers). The technology and expertise generated by this endeavor may have application beyond the immediate goals or intent of federally funded R&D. These applications can result from technology transfer, a process by which technology developed in one organization, in one area, or for one purpose is applied in another organization, in another area, or for another purpose. It is a way for the results of the federal R&D enterprise to be used to meet other national needs, including the economic growth that flows from new commercialization in the private sector; the government’s requirements for products and processes to operate effectively and efficiently; and the demand for increased goods and services at the state and local level.

eXubrio Group Introduces IP Search Engine Software Services

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:46:00 +0000

eXubrio Group Introduces SeekIP Intellectual Property Search Engine Software Services to Universities Buffalo, New York, based eXubrio Group LLC introduced new SeekIP Online web-based services for Intellectual Property Transfer Offices' patent and technology databases. This new software allows university Technology Transfer Offices to publish their licensable technologies and patents online and supports enhanced search engine optimization (SEO) activities by technology transfer offices.

Natl TT Center meetings to highlight mining safety technology

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:17:00 +0000

As seen on Salt Lake City Tribune...

An online discussion of available or prototype technology that might make the underground mining environment safer will take place from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at three Web sites - http://www.nttc.edu/minesafety or http://www.coalimpoundment.org. The sessions are sponsored by Wheeling Jesuit University's National Technology Transfer Center, one of whose leading figures is Davitt McAteer, a longtime advocate of miner safety who served as head of the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration during the Clinton Administration. "It's time to redouble our efforts to bring this technology to underground miners," said an e-mail Wednesday from the center. The session is geared to manufacturers but also is open to the public, it added.

NEC Concludes First Carbon Nanotube Patent License Agreement in U.S. with SouthWest NanoTech

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:38:00 +0000

As seen on prnewswire.com:

NEC Corporation (Nasdaq: NIPNY) announced that it has concluded an agreement with SouthWest NanTechologies, Inc. (SWeNT(TM), note 1), by which it grants SWeNT(TM) a non-exclusive license under basic patents owned by NEC covering the carbon nanotube discovered by Dr. Sumio Iijima, a senior research fellow at NEC, in 1991. SWeNT(TM) manufactures and supplies carbon nanotube materials for a wde variety of aplications worldwide employing its proprietary CoMoCAT(TM) process (note 2) that was invented independently at the University of Oklahoma in the U.S. Anticipating a rapid increase in demand for carbon nanotube materials in a wide variety of fields and applications, SWeNT(TM) has recognized the necessity to acquire a license from NEC under its basic patents in order to expand its business and has signed an agreement with NEC.

U.S. lags China and Europe in new technology adoption

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:18:00 +0000

As seen on zdnet.com:

Bob Suh, chief technology strategist at Accenture, doesn't believe the U.S. has an innovation problem. "We have an adoption problem in the U.S.," Suh said. Speaking at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit, Suh shared Accenture's recent survey of CIOs, which showed that the U.S. is falling behind China and Europe with regard to investing in new technology. "China and some European companies are leapfrogging the U.S. with SOA and Web services," he said. U.S. companies are making safe bets, wrapping and fortifying legacy systems rather than building fresh systems from the ground up. "Nobody gets fired for window dressing a legacy system, but they get fired for technology project failures," Suh explained. U.S. CIOs are more prone to think about 18 to 24 month development ordeals, hundreds of people dedicated to a project and millions of dollars, rather than plowing new ground with SOA and Web services that is ultimately less painful or intrusive.

Extended: Registration Deadline for Chicago Independent Inventors Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:21:00 +0000

As seen on uspto.gov:

Registration Deadline for USPTO’s Chicago Regional Independent Inventors Conference July 28-29 at Northwestern University’s School of Law is Extended to 5:00 PM on Thursday, July 27... For more details on the two-day program and to register .

An outstanding roster of speakers and experts from the USPTO and the private sector will participate. They include Dr. Forrest Bird, whose invention of the “Baby Bird” respirator has saved millions of infants’ lives over the years. Dr. Bird was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1996. Product development and marketing is always a popular topic at the independent inventors conferences. Louis Foreman the CEO of Enventys, a product design and manufacturing firm, will cover that important subject in Chicago. Foreman is also the executive producer of “Everyday Edisons”, a new series that begins airing on public broadcasting stations this fall. The program features independent inventors and follows the development, packaging and marketing of their inventions.

Commissioner for Patents John Doll will lead the USPTO contingent attending the conference. Seasoned patent and trademark examiners will be on hand throughout the two days conducting workshops and holding one on one meetings with attendees. Both novice and experienced inventors will find the conference informative and helpful.

Alien Technology Seeks $88M in Upcoming IPO

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:35:00 +0000

As seen on eweek.com:

Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID tags, readers and hardware, is looking to raise in the neighborhood of $88.1 million with an IPO scheduled for July 27, according to Nasdaq's July 24 Web site listing. Alien Technology, based in Morgan Hill, Calif., initially filed for an IPO (initial public offering) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13. The company expects to release 9 million shares at about $11 each during its initial offering later the week of July 24.

EchoStar sues, seeks ruling it doesn’t infringe Finisar patent

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:47:00 +0000

As seen on Rocky Mountain News:

EchoStar Communications Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite-TV provider, sued fiber-optic equipment maker Finisar Corp., asking a court to rule it doesn’t infringe a patent for a system to organize satellite-data transmissions. EchoStar, based in Douglas County, claimed yesterday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, that Finisar may file its own suit over the patent.

Trade secrets aren't so safe

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 02:56:00 +0000

As seen on ohio.com:

Coke case illustrates the need to screen workers at all levels... It wasn't locked up in a bank vault like the recipe for its flagship soda brand. Instead, prosecutors said, a new product sample at the heart of a corporate espionage case that erupted this week at the Coca-Cola Co. was accessible to a secretary. The episode has made Coke re-evaluate its safeguards for trade secrets, and other corporations ask whether they should do the same -- even as the secretary's lawyer wonders what all the fuss is about. Experts say the important thing is to have tough employee screening and to catalog what secrets you don't want others to know.

Analog Devices Finalizes IP Transfer from TTCom

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:15:00 +0000

As seen on tradingmarkets.com:

"Analog Devices Inc. revealed the completion of the acquisition of certain intellectual property assets of TTPCom Limited as it met all closing conditions. As per the agreement terms, TTPCom transferred intellectual property, engineering resources, and related assets to Analog Devices. The agreement also provides development rights for AJAR, TTPCom's advanced applications platform to Analog Devices. The IP transfer is valued at approximately $23 million, the company said."

Trade policy reviews: ensuring transparency

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:50:00 +0000

As seen on wto.org:

"Individuals and companies involved in trade have to know as much as possible about the conditions of trade. It is therefore fundamentally important that regulations and policies are transparent. In the WTO, this is achieved in two ways: governments have to inform the WTO and fellow-members of specific measures, policies or laws through regular “notifications”; and the WTO conducts regular reviews of individual countries’ trade policies — the trade policy reviews. These reviews are part of the Uruguay Round agreement, but they began several years before the round ended — they were an early result of the negotiations. Participants agreed to set up the reviews at the December 1988 ministerial meeting that was intended to be the midway assessment of the Uruguay Round. The first review took place the following year. Initially they operated under GATT and, like GATT, they focused on goods trade. With the creation of the WTO in 1995, their scope was extended, like the WTO, to include services and intellectual property."

Dispute over Mobile Survey Patents

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:35:00 +0000

As seen on mrweb.com:

"Mobile measurement firm M:Metrics has responded to the filing of a lawsuit against it by Telephia, Inc, last week, calling its case ‘totally without merit’. Telephia alleges patent infringement in connection with the development and distribution of smartphone metering software. Telephia filed the suit in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California claiming M:Metrics had violated its intellectual property rights. The software in question is distributed via www.mobilepanel.com and the complaint is based upon multiple patents awarded to Telephia in the area of metering mobile devices. They include US Patents #6,745,011 B1 – ‘System and Method for Measuring Wireless Device and Network Usage and Performance Metrics’ and #6,754,470 B2 – ‘System and Method for Measuring Wireless Device and Network Usage and Performance Metrics’, both issued in June 2004."

Egypt, China shore up relations with 11 new trade agreements

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:27:00 +0000

As seen on dailystar.com.lb:

"Trade between Egypt and China topped $2 billion in 2005 - an increase of 36 percent over 2004. China has 186 projects in Egypt, with a total investment of $220 million."

MOSAID Announces Resignation of its General Counsel

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sun, 21 May 2006 17:16:00 +0000

As seen as us.design-reuse.com:

"MOSAID Technologies Incorporated (TSX:MSD) today announced that James Skippen, Senior Vice President, Patent Licensing and General Counsel, will be resigning from his position with MOSAID effective June 19, 2006. Mr. Skippen will be leaving to take on the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Wi-LAN Inc.

'Jim has made major contributions to MOSAID's success, particularly in the negotiation of patent licenses and in the assertion of our intellectual property rights in the courts,' said George Cwynar, President and Chief Executive Officer. 'We wish him well at Wi-LAN.'

Effective June 19, 2006, Mr. Ted Galanthay, a member of MOSAID's Board of Directors, will assume the role of acting General Counsel and Senior VP of Patent Licensing, supported by MOSAID's intellectual property team, until a replacement is appointed for Mr. Skippen. Mr. Galanthay has over 35 years of experience in managing intellectual property matters for premier global companies such as IBM, STMicroelectronics and Harris Corporation, and has served as a Director of MOSAID since September 2005."

3rd Annual Tech Transfer Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sat, 20 May 2006 13:54:00 +0000

As seen on floridaresearch.org:

3rd Annual Tech Transfer Conference
May 22 - 23, 2006

Ritz-Carlton
1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive
Sarasota, FL 34236

Click to register for Florida Research Consortium/ Tech Transfer Conference
Click to register for Pharlex Forum

Nanya and Renesas make nice; settle patent lawsuit; ink 5-year cross-license agreement

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Fri, 19 May 2006 14:05:00 +0000

As seen on digitimes.com:

"Renesas Technology and Nanya Technology announced on May 16 that they have reached a settlement and will dismiss four pending lawsuits filed by Renesas accusing Nanya of patent infringement on its DRAM products. The two companies also inked a five-year cross-license agreement following the lawsuit settlement. Renesas initiated patent infringement litigation in December 2003 against Nanya and Nanya Technology USA in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Three similar lawsuits were filed by Renesas following the litigation, including patent infringement lawsuits and a motion for a preliminary injunction in the Tokyo District Court against Nanya Technology Corporation Japan."

UTEK Corporation and Rheologics Technologies, Inc. Sign Strategic Alliance

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 16 May 2006 23:07:00 +0000

As seen on genengnews.com:

"UTEK Corporation (AMEX:UTK) (LSE-AIM:UTK), the technology transfer company, and Rheologics Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:RTGI), a leader in the study of blood viscosity and its relationship to vascular disease, announced today that they have signed a strategic alliance."

Strike at European Patent Office

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 11 May 2006 18:01:00 +0000

As seen on heise.de:

"Inspectors at the European Patent Office (EPA) stopped work for several hours. They are using this half-day strike to make it clear that they oppose the plans for new work stipulations. The patent examiners, who will be directly affected, fear that they will not be able to spend as much time reviewing industrial property rights. According to a spokesperson from the Patent Office in a conversation with heise online on this unusual conflict, the strike is the result of the discussion about the implementation of a new assessment procedure for work at the EPA. The staff and management apparently disagree about this new approach. But the spokesperson did not wish to comment on how many people were taking part in the strike. "

Falling innovation levels fuel pharma/biotech collaborations

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 11 May 2006 17:42:00 +0000

As seen on drugresearcher.com:

"A new report suggests the increasing number of collaboration between pharmaceutical and biotech companies is fuelled by a steep decline in innovation levels as well as the growing threat from generics and drug recalls."

DHS awards contract for software licensing

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 11 May 2006 17:32:00 +0000

As seen on gcn.com:

"DHS’ Office of Procurement Operations said it was awarding a sole-source contract to the Center for Internet Security to “provide software licenses for security configuration benchmarks and scoring tools capability,” according to a presolicitation announcement. The contract, which is of an unspecified amount, will last for a year. The Hershey, Pa.-based center is chaired by Franklin Reeder, a former White House director of administration and a former chief of information policy in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Its president is Clint Kreitner, former president of a multihospital region of Adventist Health Systems. "

Homeland recruits non-profit for cybersecurity software licensing

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Thu, 11 May 2006 17:24:00 +0000

As seen on washingtontechnology.com:

"The Homeland Security Department is enlisting the help of a non-profit organization to obtain cybersecurity tools for operating systems, servers and databases used by the federal government. The DHS Office of Procurement Operations said it is awarding a sole-source contract to the Hershey, Pa.-based Center for Internet Security to “provide software licenses for security configuration benchmarks and scoring tools capability,” according to a presolicitation announcement. The contract, which is of an unspecified amount, will last for a year. "

New licensing guide published

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:42:00 +0000

As seen on thepublican.com:

"Licensing lawyers Poppleston Allen has launched the latest edition of The Licensed Trade Guide. The booklet provides a run down on the details of the new Licensing Act giving invaluable information to licensees. It covers areas such as the role of the licensing authority, licensing objectives and licensing policy, whilst also explaining the decision process behind the granting of a licence."

Local Competition to Provide Big Opportunities to San Diego Inventors

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sun, 07 May 2006 17:45:00 +0000

As seen on prweb.com:

"One smart San Diego County inventor or team of inventors will win approximately $50,000 worth of professional services to assist in the initial stages of patenting, financing and commercialization of their winning invention. The Glaux™ (“little owl”) Awards competition is being inaugurated by a local law firm as an annual competition for the purpose of spurring the best San Diego-created inventions into the marketplace. Individual inventors or groups of inventors working as a team may apply. However, each application must list one inventor residing in San Diego County, California. The competition is open to inventors of all ages and submissions for inventions in all fields are encouraged."

Montana State U signs deal for virus use

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sun, 07 May 2006 04:39:00 +0000

As seen on billingsgazette.net:

"Montana State University has signed a licensing agreement for commercial development of two researchers' work with a virus that could eventually be used to diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer and heart disease."

Six transfers boost Utek's earnings

noreply@blogger.com (Pam O'Mara) — Sat, 06 May 2006 16:14:00 +0000

As seen on tampabay.bizjournals.com:

"Utek Corp. continued its growth during the first quarter. The Plant City-based technology transfer company (AMEX: UTK) reported earnings of $3.6 million, or 65 cents a share, on revenue of $11.8 million compared with earnings of $174,273, or 49 cents a share, on revenue of $2.5 million for the same period last year. The company completed six technology transfers during the quarter, with average revenue per transaction of $1.7 million. The value of the company's investment portfolio was $58.69 million at March 31, 2006, up almost $20 million during the quarter, the company said."