basics in technology transfer
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Basics in intellectual property
aka
What to do when research takes you
towards something valuable
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The paradox
Research world «share, publish or perish»
Market world «protect, keep secret or perish»
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Intellectual property building blocks
Tools Patent Copyright Trade secret Trademark
Contracts
Licence of technology Non disclosure agreement Research contract
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Technology transfer project
Investigator and
research
Contract
Tool
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Tools
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Patent
Requisites Novelty Inventive step Industriability
Duration 20 years
Protect technical solutions to technical problems
Strenght Great protection
Weakness Expensive mainteinance and complex procedure
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Patenting regulations @ Unitn
• Aimed to employees (professors, assistant professors, technical and administrative staff)
• Patenting procedures at Unitn expenses
• Royalties: 70% to inventors - 30% to Unitn
• Forms to fill (technology disclosure)
• Prior art research
• University patents committee
• Licensing strategy
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Copyright, aka «the right to copy»
don’t protect the content or the concept
Applied in automatic You have to prove your authorship in case of challenge Weak protection
Duration 70 years after the death of the author
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Trade secret
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Legal
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Trademark To be considered if you create a spin off/start up or if you want to
register the name of a specific technology you have patented
Long term investment
Expensive
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Contracts
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License of technology
licensor Licencee
Key clauses Duration Country Sector Royalties/lump sum Responsibilities
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Non disclosure agreement
Contents
What is confidential, better if written in details and attached What happens if the parties break the agreement How long lasts the binding
Types
One way agreement Two way agreement
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Research contract
Exchange money for Intellectual property rights (patents, copyright…) and/or know how The contract schedules technical deliverables and corrisponding payments Normally research contracts limit the dissemination of results Follow the procedure of Unitn “conto terzi” regulations