According to a Reuters News analysis of patent and publishing data from hundreds of research institutions around the globe between 2008 and 2013, Indiana University ranks among the world’s 50 most innovative universities. IU placed 49th in the list of Top 100 World’s Most Innovative Universities and 33rd among U.S. universities. Twelve of the Top 100, including… Read more »
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IU Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development set to meet Nov. 4
The final quarterly meeting of 2015 for Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) is set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 4) at Room 1006 of University Hall on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Scheduled presentations include: An overview of IU’s Grand Challenges initiative by Fred H. Cate, IU’s vice… Read more »
Armstrong and Cate discuss record IU patent issues on Inside Indiana Business segment
During the 2015 fiscal year, Indiana University set a school record with 183 U.S. and foreign patents issued. In terms of economic development, startup businesses based on IU-licensed technologies generated an estimated $100 million, while IU grossed more than $6.8 million in royalty income. Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. President and CEO Tony Armstrong,… Read more »
OVPE settles into new campus headquarters on the fifth floor of IUPUI's University Hall
University Hall on the campus of IUPUI is now the new home base for IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement. The move, which took effect July 2, puts OVPE within close proximity to other key IU administrators, IUPUI researchers and unifies more of the OVPE team under one roof. Prior to the relocation,… Read more »
IU delegation travels to Fort Wayne to tour $20 million Mirro Center for Research & Innovation
Back in May, the $20 million Mirro Center for Research and Innovation at Fort Wayne’s Parkview Regional Medical Center — funded in part by a $1 million donation by the Mirro Family Foundation — opened its doors. On Monday, a seven-member delegation hosted by Dr. Michael J. Mirro, an IU trustee and medical director of… Read more »
IU study finds that academia, compared to other sectors, has generated largest increase in women-filed patents since the mid-1970s
A recently published study by an Indiana University scholar found that since 1976, the number of women who have filed patents with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office has risen faster within academia as opposed to other economic sectors such as industry, government and individual inventors. The analysis, led by associate professor Cassidy R. Sugimoto… Read more »
ARMSTRONG: IU and 144 other universities voice concern regarding proposed Innovation Act to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
As one of the nation’s leading research institutions and an invaluable resource for scientists whose innovations better the human condition, Indiana University relies on a robust patent system to protect such work. With such a system in place, it allows IU and other universities to license these patented works to business and industry, which in… Read more »
Indiana University's quarterly CREED meeting is set to convene March 4 at Kokomo campus
The first meeting of Indiana University’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) to be held outside of Indianapolis will take place March 4 at IU’s Kokomo campus. CREED is an organization of representatives from each of IU’s 10 statewide campuses that seeks to enhance economic development by connecting IU creative and intellectual assets…. Read more »
To build a successful startup company, intellectual property protection is key
During recent meetings in Washington D.C. to discuss patent legislation reform, our assistant vice president for federal relations at Indiana University, Doug Wasitis, passed along an insightful article published on Forbes.com. It discusses the importance of making intellectual property (IP) a key part of a new company’s business strategy so its value for potential investors… Read more »
Universities warn that new tech patent, licensing growth may halt if reductions in federal research funds persist
Despite steady patent and licensing growth and a 16 percent increase in new technology startups in 2013, technology managers at major U.S. research universities are worried this trend will wane if federal research funds continue their decline. In its annual Licensing Activity Survey that covers the 2013 fiscal year, the Association of University Technology Managers… Read more »