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Rosetta IP Management

Explore licensing models, rights management, and future options at the Rosetta Developers Conference. Learn about UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures, licensing goals, and successful licensing strategies. Discover how to manage intellectual property rights effectively for both UW and non-UW participants, and gain insights into licensing concerns and future trends in IP management. Connect with industry experts and explore opportunities for collaboration and innovation.

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Rosetta IP Management

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  1. Rosetta IP Management Presented by Gabrielle Campbell Rosetta Developers Conference August 10, 2004 Leavenworth, WA

  2. Agenda • UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures • Rights management • Software licensing to date • Rosetta Commons • Future licensing options

  3. UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures • Licensing with a project-centric focus; manage and distribute information assets: • software and software patents • databases • webpages • content • 6 professional licensing staff • $3.6 M generated FY 2003

  4. 2G Tech Transfer • Project-focused • Relationship-oriented • Build network through widespread adoption – academic and commercial licensing • Leading to validation, collaborations, research funding

  5. GOALS MODELS Permission to use Share research materials with colleagues Technology Access Program (TAP) Generate revenue to support research Site licensing & direct licensing Get standardized data Create a start-up Start a company Digital Ventures Matches Project Goals with Proven Models

  6. Blueprint for success • Manage rights for UW Participants • Manage intellectual property rights and responsibilities for UW participants • Manage rights for Non-UW participants • Manage intellectual property rights with non-UW participants • Manage arrangements with external parties • Do they understand what they can and cannot do with your material?

  7. Important Questions about Code • Have any externally-created libraries been used? • What are the permissions for external code incorporated? What are the license terms? • Who has contributed to the code and when? Under what funding? • How are you tracking these issues?

  8. 200 academic licenses in 25 countries

  9. Commercial Licenses 2004 • 4 commercial site licenses • Large biopharmaceutical companies • Evaluating software for possible enterprise use and additional code licensing • License fees back into lab budget for annual meeting and additional cost recovery

  10. Rosetta Commons • Multi-institutional collaborative approach to developing software • Challenges institutional status quo • Accelerated innovation and adoption • Centralized IP management

  11. Rights within Commons “Commons” members • Perform, display, copy, modify, contribute back to Commons for distribution-CVS • If not utilized in ‘official release’, reverts back to individual institution for licensing “Non-Commons” users -Perform, display, modify • NO DISTRIBUTION, NO CONTRIBUTION

  12. Licensing Concerns • User Interface/Friendliness • Support available for users • Updates • Licensing model – direct to end-user, distributor, and/or start-up • Annual vs. Upfront & yearly support and updates

  13. Future Licensing • Identify codes for official release to academic and commercial users • Work with Digital Ventures to identify contributors and develop licensing plan • Educational seminars for users • Technology access programs – corporate partners which want access to new software first

  14. Questions? Gabrielle Campbell Software Technology Manager UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures gvcamp@u.washington.edu (206) 616-3451 http://depts.washington.edu/ventures/UW_Technology/Express_Licenses/Rosetta/

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