Traditional tech transfer makes it hard for industry to realise commercial potential, and for universities to maximise the value, of IP. A new approach pioneered by the University of Manitoba aims to change this, using IP to underpin collaboration, explains Digvir Jayas.
The University of Manitoba - through a collective agreement with the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) and the Intellectual Property Policy - defines all intellectual property (IP) generated at the university as being jointly owned by the university academics and the university as an institution.
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