Intellectual Property Ownership in a University Setting

2022 ◽  
pp. 251512742110572
Author(s):  
Lizhu Y. Davis ◽  
Lynn M. Forsythe ◽  
John M. Mueller

Drilling through hard rock to explore for underground oil and gas is especially complicated in geographic areas where the sub-layer is full of dense and impenetrable rock. Charlie Scent, an Engineering Professor working at a university, undertook research to solve this dilemma and developed a solution after approximately 20 years of effort. To commercialize the technology, Scent collaborated with one of his PhD students and formed a company. Through the commercialization process, friction developed among the participants—Scent, the graduate student, and the university. This discord brought to light several important questions regarding intellectual property that is created in a university setting. This case is about who owns intellectual property and decreasing the probability that there will be friction between the individuals who are at the heart of an invention.

Author(s):  
Craig W. Dye ◽  
David F. Barbe

This chapter will examine the challenges and opportunities confronted in the commercialization of research-based technologies in a university setting. Particular focus will be brought to the identification and creation of a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem and ways of sustaining it. To provide more detailed context, the authors will cite specific programs and outcomes from these programs, resources and strategies currently utilized and embodied by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, Mtech, at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Particular challenges and obstacles will be discussed including intellectual property issues, conflicts of commitment, and conflicts of interest. Finally, as a way of assisting others in creating a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem, guidance will be given as to the resources necessary to create and sustain it.


2016 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-115
Author(s):  
Brian Hurley

As a graduate student at the University of Chicago in the mid-1950s, Edwin McClellan (1925–2009) translated into English the most famous novel of modern Japan, Kokoro (1914), by Natsume Sōseki. This essay tells the story of how the translation emerged from and appealed to a nascent neoliberal movement that was led by Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), the Austrian economist who had been McClellan’s dissertation advisor.


Author(s):  
Maria Shilyaeva

The article is devoted to a new term in Russian practice — Due Diligence, which allows you to identify and reduce possible risks that arise when buying, taking over a company or investing. In Russia, Due Diligence has its own characteristics and features, which are discussed in this article.


1998 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 571-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Clougherty ◽  
John Forys ◽  
Toby Lyles ◽  
Dorothy Persson ◽  
Christine Walters ◽  
...  

The university community is not a static environment but, rather, one fraught with change and adjustment to change. How do academic libraries within a university setting effectively address the evolving service and resource needs of a diverse patron community? One method that has received increasing attention is the development and implementation of internal instruments specifically designed to assess user satisfaction with services and resources. This study assesses undergraduate resource and service needs, identifies librarywide unmet needs, and gives both library user and librarian an opportunity to engage in proactive dialogue.


2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 154-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Walter

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which “library value” may be communicated in a university setting through more effective engagement with strategic planning and a broader array of campus partners. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a case study of an academic library in which alignment with the university mission and strategic plan and alignment of library assessment efforts with the broader culture of assessment at the university have resulted in positive gains for the library in terms of campus engagement and recognition of library value. Findings This paper provides insights into successful strategies for improved communication of library value to senior leadership, new investment in library facilities, and enhanced opportunities for collaboration across the university on strategic initiatives including student success, innovation in teaching and scholarship, and community engagement. Originality/value This paper provides library leaders with new approaches to engagement with campus partners and senior academic leadership in promoting the library as a strategic resource worthy of investment in the twenty-first century.


Author(s):  
V.R. Filimonova ◽  
A.V. Shushkov ◽  
D.S. Zmienko ◽  
M.U. Rabaev ◽  
G.S. Kuzmin ◽  
...  

In the world of continuous change and volatility, benefits and results of investments made by companies into research and development (R&D) projects have to be transparent for management of a company in order to make timely and appropriate investment decisions. The paper discusses prospects of post-implementation review of R&D projects, process complications the company faced and its interaction with key related processes of the technology strategy: diffusion among affiliated companies, education and commercialization. Any technology project strives to deliver both technological and economic benefits to a company. While technological success is usually the focus of a project manager, the economical results are overseen by the management of a company and used as a source for action. An overview of best industrial practices is given, later compared to the approach employed by the upstream division of Gazprom Neft company. The latter presents general process and key principles, including process initiation triggers, stages and KPIs used for the monitoring. The importance of technology diffusion is discussed, specifically the impact of technology readiness level on the success of a project is considered as well as necessity to develop “fail fast” culture in the company in order to have higher success ratio. Interconnection between the diffusion of a technology and the amount of intellectual property created by the technology is studied. The need for alignment to the company’s strategies by the project teams is revealed as well as continuous education methods are presented. The conclusion contains results and ways for improvement of the postimplementation review process in the company.


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