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So You Want to Build A Relationship between Research Administration and the Public?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Stories throughout the year demonstrated the need for political and public awareness in research administration. Federally sponsored research remains a target for budget cuts, however those discussions have progressed beyond…

Nothing Attracts Our Attention Like Blood

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Several recent articles called my attention to a story out of the United Kingdom. Just over 30 years ago, a researcher named Ian Shanks produced a report on “new opportunities…

House of Cards – Bad for the Greater Good?

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

I have spent more than half of my professional career, which is now closing out a second decade, emphasizing the importance of academic technology transfer. You might assume then, that…

Your Mission – Should You Choose to Accept It

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

A recent story in The Chronicle of Higher Education covered the complex relationship between academic research institutions and companies that purchase patent rights, but do not actually produce products. Known…

Jon Stewart is not quite “Roundup Ready” when it comes to Intellectual Property Law

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

I usually appreciate how Jon Stewart and the staff at The Daily Show carefully “cultivate” and “harvest” their subjects. There is something that appeals to my sense of integrity when…

Implementing Systems for Technology Transfer Offices around the Globe

Posted on February 10, 2013 by InfoEd Global | 0 Comments

With the growing international interest in implementing an enterprise level system for a Technology Transfer Office (TTO), in the next few issues of InfoEdge I will be discussing some points…

Final provisions of the America Invents Act to implement next month

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin | 0 Comments

For all of the controversy surrounding the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act prior to its passage, the final implementation of the First to File provision, more than a year later, seems…

Economic Conditions Shape the Future of Academic Technology Transfer

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

The nature of academic technology transfer is changing rapidly, driven by changing economic conditions. Many offices were already facing pressure to minimize administrative cost, and generate positive returns, when the…

AUTM launches Global Technology Portal

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

AUTM has officially released a new web portal, intended to facilitate partnership between corporations and research institutions. While several similar portals already exist, including the recently discussed initiative from the…

Institutions React to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Following passage of the patent reform bill, the debate continues regarding the impact that this will have on technology transfer at US academic and other non-profit institutions. A significant part…