technology transfer for small and medium sized enterprises
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John Whelan Technology Transfer Case Manager TCD Intellectual Property Ireland 2010 3rd International Intellectual Property Conference for Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 18th February 2010TRANSCRIPT
Technology Transfer for Small and Medium Sized
Enterprises
John WhelanTechnology Transfer Case Manager
TCD
Intellectual Property Ireland 20103rd International Intellectual Property
Conference for Ireland, Dublin, Ireland18th February 2010
(all views presented here are personal and do not represent the views of Trinity College Dublin)
Technology Transfer:
transfer of technological know-how
developed in government or university laboratories
to the private sector
SME
Knowledge Economy Cycle
Cash
Knowledge
License
Tax
Government University
IndustryIntellectualProperty
Technology Transfer
Strengthening Initiative
TTSI
But is this research stuff relevant to my SME?
Possible Modes of Interaction
1. If they build it you will come
2. Collaborative Research
Collaborative Funding Agencies
Collaborative Funding Agencies
• Innovation Vouchers– €5k – New co-funded and
pooled scheme
• Innovation Partnership– Company provides
minimum of 20% in cash– University must apply
• Overheads!!• VAT
20%Company
80% EI
• Translational Research
• Not-for-profit research centre dedicated to deriving marketplace value from innovative digital technology research
• Academics taken out of the comfort zone
• NDRC takes care of all commercialisation– but will share benefits with company and university
• PhD or for 3 years at 8k per year
• Post Doc for two years
• Company puts up 1/3
• IRCSET the other 2/3
• VAT!
TCD 2009
Collaborative Funding Agencies
University Research Income
Spin-outs
Spinouts per €100m
Cambridge (2007)
€320 2 0.6
Oxford (2007)
€263 7 2.6
Imperial (05/07)
€294 11 3.7
MIT (008) €896 20 2.2
TCD (09) €89 8 11.125
Sources: UK HESA HE BCI Survey 2007 & 2005 Unico Metrics Report, MIT Reports to the President 2007–2008 & MIT TLO Statistics for Fiscal Year 2008
University IP Licence
• Very, Very favourable terms• Retain rights for teaching research
purposes• Reluctant to Assign I.P. (initially)
– but can be exclusive, word-wide, perpetual
• Performance Clauses– Prevent company sitting on the IP
• University takes Equity in Campus Company
Statement 1:
The Return to the Irish Economy
from Government Funded Research
in Universities
is not Sufficient
Statement 2:
Universities are too tough on IP terms
Universities are too tough on IP terms
The Return to the Irish Economy from
Government Funded Research in Universities is not Sufficient
Tech Transfer