Franklin Pierce Law CenterInternational Technology Transfer Institute

ITTIOverview

ITTI MissionTo promote and advance innovation in developing

countries via education and capacity building, at both the human and institutional levels.

ITTI MissionFocus is on merging public interest, social justice with

training and education in IP management and technology transfer. Projects geared towards accelerating

innovations in health and agriculture to developing countries, e.g., vaccines and ag-biotech

ITTI MissionBuilding and promoting innovation and knowledge-based economic global development via education, training and

outreach. Continuation of Franklin Pierce tradition of working with professionals from developing countries.

ITTI Project Approaches•Patent literature mining and analysis (Patent Landscape and FTO analyses)

•Working with developing countries to establish or strengthen IP management/technology transfer offices

•Student involvement on all projects as ITTI Clinical Course offering.

ITTI Patent Analyses

1. Agricultural technologies2. Vaccines3. Biofuel

ITTI Patent Analyses: Ag-biotech

1. Sweet potato improvement for Sub-Saharan Africa2. Weevil resistance via genetic engineering3. CGIAR-based projects (World Bank)4. Access and distribution accelerated via FTO

analysis5. Ancillary knowledge: difficulty finding patent info

from Africa … WIPO

ITTI Patent Analyses: Vaccines

1. Malaria, SARS, Pandemic Influenza WIPO/WHO Meeting in Geneva Switzerland

2. HIV vaccine patent landscape: DNA, protein/peptide, adenoviral vector, prime boost

3. NIH grant application to provide free, on-line database of HIV-vaccine related patents documents

ITTI Patent Analyses: BiofuelIP (not only patent analysis) landscape of biomass resources for biodieselSoy, Rape/Canola, Oil Palm, Sunflower, Algae Patents (and apps.!)Plant variety protectionFAO germplasm accordConvention on Biological Diversity

ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia

ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia

• Building human and institutional IP, tech-transfer and innovaiton capacities

• Within the context of Colombian national development

• Team-based approach• Key contacts in Colombia • Site visit last November

ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia

Project-based approach:1. Evaluation and assessment of R&D capabilities

and position2. Identification of products/resources immediately

ready for development3. Concomitant investment in IP management/tech-

transfer capacities

ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia

Project status:Preparation of concept note/business plan, based on November meetings and researchEvaluation of short, medium and longer term objectives and strategiesIdentification of resources for R&D consideration, e.g., floral industry, genetic resources, biodiversity

ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia

ITTI TTO Projects: Sub-Saharan Africa

Towards a New Alliance for Progress:Advancing the Research Enterprise in

Sub-Saharan Africa

ITTI TTO Projects: Sub-Saharan Africa

Country/region analysis/strategyWest Africa: Nigeria, GhanaEast Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, UgandaConsultation with African IP professionals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria

ITTI TTO Projects: Sub-Saharan Africa

Strategic considerations:

Innovative developing countries as starting pointPossible consolidation of talent and resourcesDevelopment of appropriate and needed technologiesAccess to patent and scientific informationNational/regional innovation, IP, tech-transfer offices

ITTI TTO Projects: Vietnam

Opportunity to work with Vietnamese Academy of Sciences (VAST) to establish Office of Tech-Transfer to serve the national needs for innovation management.

Might serve also as a regional office for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (old French Indochina)

ITTI TTO Projects: Vietnam

Strategic considerations:

Innovative developing countries as starting pointPossible consolidation of talent and resourcesDevelopment of appropriate and needed technologiesAccess to patent and scientific informationNational/regional innovation, IP, tech-transfer offices

Role of National/Regional Innovation, IP Management, Tech-transfer Offices

Consolidation of human and institutional resourcesCoordination of public-sector R&D commercializationAdvancing IP awareness among:

scientists, administrators and policy makers

Forging international collaborations and Fostering international tech-transfer

Moral/Ethical/Legal Obligation?

Moral: Save lives, help the poor, sick, needy.

Ethical: Promote the Rule of Law (from Canon of Legal Ethics …. Really!)

Legal: TRIPS Articles 66.2 and 67

Strategic Best Interest of U.S.A. (Bruce Lehman)

Promotes public interest, fosters social justice

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