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Is this an Invention?

By Dennis Thomas, Associate Director, Life Sciences Sometimes, it is obvious. It is easy to equate developing a new drug or gene therapy that can cure cancer and treat diseases or a device that heals fractured…

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Show Me the Money

Breaking Down the Royalty Distribution for Licensed Inventions by Mitch Dozier, Director of Operations & Finance, OTC So, your novel idea is a success–congratulations! Now that the agreement is generating or will generate revenue, you’re…

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The Indemnification Clause: What You Need to Know

By Eric Wagner, Director, Legal Affairs Indemnification.  A big word that doesn’t frequently come up in everyday conversation.  Unless, of course, you are a transactional attorney or a technology transfer professional. Indemnification is a standard part…

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Crossing the Valley of Death: Tech Transfer Marketing

By Alex Mullins, Technology Marketing Associate In the field of technology transfer, we often talk about the valley of death between academic research and the commercialization of technology. This dreaded gap occurs after a researcher…

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