The paper suggests that more empirical and statistical research is needed to determine whether or not increased emphasis on intellectual property rights is achieving the desired results. The team’s current work stems from initial research questioning some of the commonly held beliefs about the impact of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which made it easier for universities to retain title to inventions resulting from government-funded research.
The U.S. General Accounting Office report finds that the Department of Energy has reduced the use of cooperative research and development agreements by more than 90 percent while increasing the number of agreements fully funded by private partners. DOE has also cut the provision of technical assistance to small businesses by more than 70 percent.
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation report indicates that Michigan is performing at the level of the national average in tech transfer. The report holds that Michigan is an improving top-tier commercialization state, using statistics and measurements to create benchmarks in the areas of tech transfer and entrepreneurial activity.
The authors report results of a survey of industry licensing executives who identified personal contacts between their research and development staff and university personnel as the most important source of university technologies.
The report presents a comprehensive look at the principal issues currently being addressed by agencies and their private sector partners. Suggested goals are provided for agencies and
their partners to strive for in order to meet challenges.
The senior principal associate with Battelle Memorial Institute examines the importance of state universities’ patent and licensing agreements to economic development plans and provides policy makers with strategies for promoting university-industry technology transfer.
The paper by the Council on Government Relations provides a good primer on the subject from the perspective of the academic institution. The document also provides the historical and political framework for university involvement in technology transfer as well as advice on establishing an intellectual property (IP) policy and managing IP assets.
The report from the Association of University Technology Managers commercialization of academic research indicates that business activity associated with sales of products from academic research last year is estimated to have generated $5 billion in tax revenues in the U.S. at the federal, state, and local levels. Responding to the survey were 139 U.S. universities (including 94 of the top 100 research universities), 29 U.S. teaching hospitals and research institutes, 20 Canadian institutions, and one patent management firm.
The purpose of this digest is to define and discuss technology transfer in the context of higher education. Examples of university technology transfer are given, and issues surrounding the topic are discussed.
The report explains the methods of technology
transfer employed by Koreas public and private sectors. A key component for Koreas rapidly developing its own industrial infrastructure, according to the report, is the assimilation of technology and management techniques developed by more industrialized nations, especially the United States.