Investment to boost innovation and entrepreneurship not only is a strategic priority of Indiana University and its Innovate Indiana initiative. It is a priority for Indiana itself. Such was evidenced Thursday when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence annnounced a $1 billion plan to enhance innovation and entrepreneurship statewide over the next decade. The plan was unveiled… Read more »
Technology Commercialization
IURTC reaches milestones in licensing agreements, issued patents
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. officials announced two recent milestones: completing 43 licensing agreements in the 2015-2016 fiscal year and ranking 43rd in the world in patents received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the 2015 calendar year. The 43 licensing agreements represent a 72 percent increase over the 2014-2015 fiscal year… Read more »
An aerial data services company backed by the Innovate Indiana Fund is named of the world’s most promising tech pioneers for 2016
Google. Twitter. Spotify. Mozilla. Dropbox. Airbnb. The Wikimedia Foundation. Each of these names — easily recognizable in the information age that is the 21st century — has been recognized by the World Economic Forum in one year or another as one of the world’s 30 most promising technology pioneers. These are companies that, in the… Read more »
IURTC reports 72 percent increase in licensing agreements, year-over-year
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. officials have announced 43 licensing agreements were completed in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, a 72 percent increase over the previous year’s total. Marie Kerbeshian, vice president of technology commercialization, said commercializing IU discoveries takes several steps. “Before IURTC technology managers can market the work to companies, Indiana University researchers must… Read more »
South African company licenses IU’s "One" campus services discovery solution
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has licensed a search-based, mobile-friendly solution to discovering campus services to OPENCOLLAB, a South African software development company. OPENCOLLAB will market the product, known as One, to other companies, institutions and municipalities. Faculty, staff and students at Indiana University campuses use One.IU.edu to find campus services like course search,… Read more »