Acquiring and/or licensing out intellectual property through licensing is a common practice of technology based, innovative companies.
Technology Transfer usually takes two forms
- In-Licensing, which is acquiring (for a fee) the intellectual property rights to use or commercialize products or programs.
- Out-Licensing, which is receiving fees from another party for the rights to use or commercial products or programs.
Resources for Entrepreneurs seeking Technology to License
Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation (CATI)
CATI offers entrepreneurs and companies seeking outside technologies a methodology for identifying potential targets, as well as a national network for locating joint venture, licensing, or purchase opportunities.
Medical College of Wisconsin Research Foundation
The MCW Research Foundation links entrepreneurs and businesses with the research capabilities, technology license opportunities, and clinical trial services of the Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin, which has an annual R&D budget of $120 million.
Milwaukee School of Engineering
MSOE is recognized across the country as a university dedicated to excellence and innovation in research. The Applied Technology Center (ATC) is a reflection of this national reputation.
The UWM Research Foundation
The Office of Technology Transfer negotiates research contracts with the private sector and, working in collaboration with the UWM Research Foundation, helps move UWM’s intellectual property into the marketplace by establishing licensing agreements with entrepreneurs and companies.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
WARF is the intellectual property licensing arm and tech-transfer agent of UW-Madison, the nation’s top public R&D university. WARF welcomes inquiries about university patents available for licensing or entrepreneurial start-ups, and can take an equity position in companies spinning out of UW-Madison research.
WiSYS Technology Foundation, Inc.
The mission of WISYS is to support research at the all the UW system campuses except UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee by protecting and licensing inventions created by UW system campus scientists, and returning the licensing proceeds to fund further research at the universities.
Resource For Companies Seeking to License Their Technology
Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation (CATI)
CATI has developed a successful methodology for working with corporations that may have platform, underutilized, or off-strategy technologies in need of commercialization assistance. CATI can assist your company with assessing those technologies with the greatest potential for licensing, as well as provide targeted solutions for locating and securing license agreements with the appropriate firms.