Balancing Research Promotion and IP Commercialization

Join a special conversation on the nuances of tech transfer, and how institutions can balance the needs of research promotion and IP commercialization.

Academic researchers are often eager to share their results to promote new learning, expand our understanding of the world around us, and stimulate new areas of fundamental research. Often, these new discoveries can lead to novel products and services that address market needs and can provide growth opportunities for our economy.

However, the practice of publicly sharing research discoveries can degrade or eliminate the prospects of establishing intellectual property (IP) rights, as afforded to recipients of government funding by the Bayh-Dole Act.

In this webinar, we discuss important questions surrounding the often conflicting needs of an institution to promote its research and commercialize the resulting IP, including:

• How do universities manage the promotion of academic freedoms with the potential for creating commercial opportunities?
• What are the best practices for engaging faculty to help them maximize their publishing potential while enabling the prospect of commercial impact?
• What can be done when a graduate student’s thesis is involved in creating novel discoveries?
• How can research administrators and tech transfer professionals reduce bureaucratic friction to accelerate research for the benefit of society?