PAST EVENTS
Lab to Market Conference: Innovation and Enterpreneurship in the Information Industry
October 23, 2009
New York Law School, NY, NY
A conference bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, researhers, information managers and university technology transfer officers for a day long exploration of the Information Industry today. Panel discussions regarding the following: Launching Information Technology Startups: What are the challenges and opportunities? Financing Information Technology Startups: Where does the money come from? Future Directions in the Information Industry: What are the information needs of tomorrow? Research in Information Sciences: What is in the information research pipeline?
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2009 WEBCASTS:
WEBCAST: Standford v. Roche
Presented by The firm Hoffman Warnick LLC.
David Rook, an attorney at Hoffman Warnick, LLC speaks about the September 30,2009 decision by the Federal Circuit in Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, et. Al v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. et al. and its implications for Universities both from the perspective of the institution and the faculty/researcher inventors.
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WEBCAST: Hurdles in Managing R & D Projects
Richard Newman, Adjunct Professor of Law, Syracuse University; Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University; Retired VP for Research, Welch Allyn
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WEBCAST: New Developments in Patent Law
George McGuire, Member and Chairman, Intellectual Property Group, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
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WEBCAST: Establishing First to Invent & Electronic Lab Notebooks Lisa Dolak, Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law
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Technology Commercialization Clinics Launch
January 28, 2009
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse University College of Law’s New Technology Law Center (SUNTEC) announced the launch of three new Technology Commercialization Clinics (TCCs) across the state. The development of the new TCCs is the direct result of two $125,000 grants obtained by Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D-120). On Jan. 28, 2009, leaders from the three new centers; Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and SUNY Stony Brook were scheduled to gather at the SU College of Law for a ceremony and conference. The TCCs will function to transform research and inventions into viable commercial entities in their areas.
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Lab-to-Market Conference: Commercializing University Inventions: Case Studies
November, 2008
Skaneateles, New York
The Commerializing University Inventions: Case Studies Conference focused on the challenge of transforming university inventions into commercially viable products. The Conference highlighted successful early-stage, New York companies, and how they manage the multiple technical, market, financial, and legal challenges inherent in bringing science to market.
The conference opened with welcoming remarks by Ted Hagelin, Director, NYSSTLC and Professor of Law at Syracuse University, and Ed Reinfurt, Executive Director of NYSTAR. The keynote address was given by Professor Duncan Moore, Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship at the University of Rochester and a renowned authority on the commercialization of new technologies. The early-stage CEOs and companies profiled were: Allen Barnett, CEO, Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Patrick Govang, President, e2e Materials, LLC; John Hart, President, Lumetrics, Inc.; Richard Richmond, CEO, SiMPore Inc. and Brad Treat, CEO, Mezmeriz, Inc. The CEOs described commercialization challenges their companies have faced and how they have addressed the challenges including the role of university technology transfer managers, research scientists and engineers, marketing and sales personnel, financial advisors and investors, and intellectual property and transactional lawyers.
Videoe of the event presentaions may be viewed at:
http://nysstlc.syr.edu/video/ensemble.html
New York State Intellectual Property Policy Forum
December 10-11, 2007
Albany, New York
A New York State Intellectual Property Policy Forum was held at the Desmond Hotel & Conference Center in Albany, NY on December 10-11, 2007. NYSTAR sponsored the conference, which was organized by the New York State Science and Technology Law Center ("NYS STLC"). Professor Ted Hagelin, Executive Director of NYS STLC outlined the goal of the forum, namely to explore the ramifications of various elements of proposed intellectual policy with members of New York State’s business, academic and governmental community. New York's legislative proposals follow the requirements of the 1996 Bayh-Dole Act governing federally funded research, and California’s intellectual property policy implemented following its 2004 authorization of three billion dollars for stem cell research. The forum explored whether there were areas of consensus among business, academic and government interests about what New York's intellectual property (“IP”) policy should be.
Neither NYSTAR nor the NYS STLC made recommendations for New York State IP policy. The purpose of the forum was to outline IP policy components and gather input from the participants about their impact.
Four main policy areas were discussed; reporting, reserved rights, licensing and revenue. The reporting issue explored the implications of government sponsored research requiring grantee organizations to require researchers to promptly report inventions and/or annually report intellectual property information. Both Bayh-Dole and California require grantee organizations to make some sort of disclosures within a reasonable or designated time.
The reserved rights discussion explored whether government funded research should entitle the government to certain rights to subsequent IP. Potential retained rights include: a) a royalty-free, non-exclusive licenses to practice patented inventions for education and research, b) license to make patented inventions available to other State non-profit organizations for education and research purposes, c) reserved right to retake title to patented inventions when it is necessary to alleviate health or safety needs not being satisfied by the grantee organization or licensee, and d) reserved right to retake title to patented inventions when the grantee organization or licensee has not taken effective steps to commercialize the invention.
Government rights to meet government needs and protect against non-use of government-funded IP are addressed in the Bayh Dole Act and by California in the provisions reserving “march in” rights.
Licensing mandates such as requiring government funded grantee organizations to include commercial development plans, milestones and benchmarks in all exclusive licenses, and requiring grantee organizations to give licensing preferences to NYS companies unless it is not technically or economically practical were the third discussion topic.
Finally, whether government funded grantee organizations should be required to reinvest licensing revenue above administrative costs in research and education, and share a percentage of licensing revenue above a threshold amount with NYS or the funding agency were discussed.
Three bills have been introduced in the NYS Assembly relating to New York's IP policy: NYS Assembly Bill 3017 introduced on January 22, 2007, NYS Assembly Bill 8676 introduced on May 23, 2007, and NYS Assembly Bill 8787 introduced on May 30, 2007.
Lab-to-Market Conference: University / Industry Sponsored Research - Opportunities and ObstaclesJune 2006Skaneateles, New York
Lab-to-Market Conference: Business Side of PatentsOctober 2005New York City, New York
Lab-to-Market Conference: Building Sound Patent PracticesMay 2005Buffalo, New York