Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer Seminar

Types of Intellectual Property Protection– Jim Coles, Esq., Bose, McKinney & Evans -

• Patents

• Copyrights

• Trademarks

• Trade secrets

Key Aspects of University Technology Transfer – Hilton Turner, Purdue Research Foundation –

• Forms of intellectual property

• Chain of title

• IP Policy

• Allowing faculty/students to retain ownership

• Requiring faculty/students to transfer title to University

• Bayh - Dole Act – Reporting and title election

• Disclosure

• Provisional Patent Applications

• Assignment of title

• Marketing and licensing

Campus Vignettes of Tech Transfer and Commercialization

• Rose-Hulman – William Kline, Director, Rose-Hulman Ventures

• Notre Dame – Richard Cox, Director, Office of Technology Transfer

• Taylor University – Don Takehara, Director, Center for Research and Innovation

Panel Discussion-Q & A – Jim Coles, Hilton Turner, William Kline, Richard Cox and Don Takehara

Possible Next Steps – Is there a need or desire for consortium-based support for intellectual property counsel and tech transfer services?  - Robert Hodge, Executive Director of Collaborative Services, Independent Colleges of Indiana