Technology Transfer, Licensing and Intellectual Property

What this page covers

The page is mostly mind maps, with a small set of flashcard decks beside them. The topics run from the forms of intellectual property to how a technology is valued and how a licence is negotiated. Many maps come from students working on the same course material, so you will see one theme explained in several ways.

Where to start

Begin with Forms of Intellectual Property "DPI" to see the types of protection laid out. Then open the flashcard deck What Protects Traditional Knowledge?. Its questions touch on the Convention on Biodiversity, the Nagoya Protocols, what can be patented and the TRIPS Agreement. The deck Trips agreement is a short follow-up on that last point.

For a concrete example, try Café de Colombia and Tequila de México. It explains how geographical indications identify products from certain regions.

Valuation and negotiation

Most of the page is about negotiating and licensing. Several maps share a similar title, and they stress related points:

• The objective is an outcome where each side is clear on what it gives and receives.
• The licensor should understand what the licensee needs and how the technology meets it.
• A small team can be designated to discuss technology, manufacturing, legal, intellectual property and finance questions.

VALUATION AND NEGOTIATION OF TECHNOLOGY sets the scene for licensing in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Negotiating Technology Licensing looks at licensing as a possible win-win for small and medium-sized enterprises and individual inventors. The map on the content of the technology assessment and negotiation course lists three units: intellectual property, technology valuation and technology negotiation. It works well as an outline for your own plan.

Using the maps and cards together

There are no quizzes on this page, so build your own checks. Read a map, close it, then write down the main steps of a negotiation from memory. Use the flashcard questions to test the legal terms. Then compare your notes with a second map by a different author and note what differs.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the International Business Strategy strand of the International trade subject. Pick one map, work through it, and then start your own on the part you found hardest.