TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND LICENSING
Technology Transfer What is technology transfer? Different Definitions, Approaches and Models Doha Declaration – Article 37.- Trade and Transfer of Technology Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - Article 66.2
“Least-Developed Country Members” “The technology transfer is the process of applying research results in practical use” The Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology : “ Technology transfer is the movement of knowledge and discoveries to the general public” AUTM (The Association of University Technology Managers) – very broad definition of technology transfer as the movement of ideas, tools, and people among institutions of higher learning, the commercial sector and the public. Transfer of technology refers broadly to a series of processes enabling and facilitating flows of skills, knowledge, ideas, know-how and technology among different stakeholders such as university and research institutions, international organizations, IGOs, NGOs, private sector entities and individuals. Transfer of technology, which is often considered to include the absorption of new technologies, is sometimes also considered to involve the transfer of concrete knowledge for the manufacture of products, the application of a process or for the rendering of a service granting the improvement of domestic as well as the international competitiveness in the economic market. Technology Transfer Technology Transfer – almost always contains transfer of “know – how”, thus closely related to Knowledge Transfer What can be transferred? Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property: inventions (patents) trademarks industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; Copyright: mostly related to software, but also drawings, manuals, scientific works. Tangible research property: unpatented biological research materials Intangible property: trade secrets, know how.