This article attempts to describe the contemporary landscape of University Technology Transfer:
Part 1 presents a brief history of the field
Part 2 summarizes the Litan-Mitchell model of university tech transfer and licensing optimization
Part 3 augments this optimization model
Part 4 supplements the licensing gap with entrepreneurial considerations
I. University Technology Transfer: An Historical Primer
Universities did not always hold the property rights to the innovations of their faculty. Not until the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 did the federal government, which funds the “overwhelming bulk of university research,” grant these rights to the University itself (Ives, 2012). The grant was, however, conditioned upon a government, non-exclusive license to the invention, the restriction of sale of the invention abroad, and a right of entry for the public interest.
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