Mon, Sep 13, 2010
Looks To Form A "Brokerage Service" For Intellectual
Property
NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could
provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property
transactions, such as patent brokering, to help transfer NASA-owned
technologies into the U.S. marketplace. "Technology transfer always
has been an important objective of America's aeronautics and space
program," said NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun at NASA
Headquarters in Washington. "We want to accelerate the agency's
efforts to get groundbreaking technologies and innovations from
development efforts out into commercial markets. We're asking for
information from broker services on how they might help us do this,
without any cost to the taxpayer."
This call for information builds on a pilot program by several
NASA field centers, started in 2008, to commercialize NASA-funded
technologies. The request for information is posted on the FedBizOps
website.
NASA is looking to industry for input on what form these
technology transaction services might take, including ideas such as
public auctions, Internet-based agreements or other innovative
concepts. Partners would be compensated through a percentage of
licensing revenues from any transaction they broker. This approach
will add another tool to existing technology transfer efforts,
allowing NASA to effectively move its technology into the
marketplace. Goals for the project include promoting transparency
of NASA patent license transactions while enhancing development of
commercial industry. A primary benefit of partnering for no-cost
brokerage services is the potential to make intellectual property
licensing processes quicker and easier, saving time and resources
for small companies that may have interest in NASA technologies and
innovations.
NASA says this activity will accelerate the agency's past
success in this area. The program will continue efforts to ensure
easier access to NASA-patented technology by U.S. private sector
organizations while identifying and developing complementary
technology efforts across NASA's centers.
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