Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?

Technological innovation is represented by the conversion of knowledge into new products and processes which, when commercialized, generate wealth. In relations with companies, universities' role is to develop scientific knowledge, fostering industry's R&D activities. This article prop...

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Autores principales:	Dalmarco,Gustavo, Dewes,Mariana de Freitas, Zawislak,Paulo Antonio, Padula,Antonio Domingos
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2011
Materias:	University patent technology transfer office open innovation
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420110003000122011-12-28Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?Dalmarco,GustavoDewes,Mariana de FreitasZawislak,Paulo AntonioPadula,Antonio Domingos University patent technology transfer office open innovation Technological innovation is represented by the conversion of knowledge into new products and processes which, when commercialized, generate wealth. In relations with companies, universities' role is to develop scientific knowledge, fostering industry's R&D activities. This article proposes an analysis of the technology transfer process performed by public universities in Brazil. Results demonstrate that universities are facing difficulties in requesting and licensing patents based on scientific results, due to lack of commercial contact with companies and their limitations in adapting available technologies. The increase in scientific output is not being effectively transformed into new technologies for products and services, exposing the necessity for new policies to approach university-industry relations. For universities, this may mean rethinking the role of patents in the technology transfer process, such as increasing co-authorship with companies and have companies support technological research within the university, instead of investing in legal protection, distant from market needs.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.6 n.3 20112011-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242011000300012en10.4067/S0718-27242011000300012
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description	Technological innovation is represented by the conversion of knowledge into new products and processes which, when commercialized, generate wealth. In relations with companies, universities' role is to develop scientific knowledge, fostering industry's R&D activities. This article proposes an analysis of the technology transfer process performed by public universities in Brazil. Results demonstrate that universities are facing difficulties in requesting and licensing patents based on scientific results, due to lack of commercial contact with companies and their limitations in adapting available technologies. The increase in scientific output is not being effectively transformed into new technologies for products and services, exposing the necessity for new policies to approach university-industry relations. For universities, this may mean rethinking the role of patents in the technology transfer process, such as increasing co-authorship with companies and have companies support technological research within the university, instead of investing in legal protection, distant from market needs.
author	Dalmarco,Gustavo Dewes,Mariana de Freitas Zawislak,Paulo Antonio Padula,Antonio Domingos
author_facet	Dalmarco,Gustavo Dewes,Mariana de Freitas Zawislak,Paulo Antonio Padula,Antonio Domingos
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title	Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?
title_short	Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?
title_full	Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?
title_fullStr	Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?
title_full_unstemmed	Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?
title_sort	universities' intellectual property: path for innovation or patent competition?
publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate	2011
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Universities' Intellectual Property: Path for Innovation or Patent Competition?

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