“Licensing University Technology 101”
April 11, 2017 – PresentationPamela L. Cox, Chair of Marshall Gerstein’s IP Transactions Practice Group and Benjamin C. Dibling, Ph.D., Executive Director of Licensing, University of Pennsylvania, co-taught the fundamentals of the university patent license during a webinar hosted by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).
“Licensing University Technology 101”
The webinar discussed the perspectives commonly held by the licensor, a non-profit institution with a mission to transfer technology for the public benefit, and the licensee, a business enterprise chartered to make a return on its investments. Additional topics included typical terms used to capture the deal, specific examples to illustrate potential issues created with certain approaches, and the legal underpinnings that motivate certain specific terms of the licenses agreement.