Employee Inventions Around The World
By Sun R. Kim Multinational companies have relied on their employees for research and development projects and for creating valuable IP portfolios. The ownership of employee invention and related remuneration issues have been discussed at an international level. The issue of employee remuneration is not only important for innovative companies but also for employee inventors. […]
A New Strategic Approach To Technology Transfer
By Mojdeh Bahar and Robert J. Griesbach The principal goal of federal research and development (R&D) is to solve problems for public benefit. Technology transfer (TT) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has always been a core part of its mission, but has usually been addressed after a research project is completed. As a […]
Importance Of IP And Innovation For The Development Of Emerging Nations: Lessons Learned From Silicon Valley And Other Regions
By Rashid Khan, Lawrence J. Udell, Tanja Sovic-Gasser, Denis Croze, Audrey Yap, Elizabeth Chien-Hale, Hector E. Chagoya-Cortes, Mark Horsburgh, Johannes Homa, Suraiya Chowdhury The objective of this paper is to present various regional “ecosystem” models that enable intellectual property (IP) based entrepreneurship and business creation for economic transformation of a region or the nation. By […]
Three Years After The America Invents Act: Practical Effects On University Tech Transfer
By Robert MacWright The America Invents Act (AIA) has significantly changed the way university technology transfer offices operate. On the plus side, the first-inventor-to-file rule has allowed for simpler invention disclosures, since disclosures no longer have value as conception records. The AIA has also provided more relaxed procedural rules, avoiding the mad dash to get […]
