TLO services for creators
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURE AND MANAGEMENT
- Facilitate the identification and disclosure of inventions
- Selection of the most appropriate form of protection (patent, trademark, copyright)
- Patentability and commercialization assessments
- Creation and implementation of plans for commercialization
- Interactions with outside counsel and advisors
- Monitoring of IP agreement compliance
MARKETING AND LICENSING OF SFU INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Invention disclosure market assessments
- Monitoring of market conditions and changes in the various market segments
- Preparation and distribution of technology overview for industry review
- Active identification of industrial licensees, competitors, partners and collaborators
NEGOTIATION OF AGREEMENTS
- Drafting and negotiation of material transfer, confidential disclosure, licence, option agreements with industry
- Supporting and developing translational grant applications (NSERC i2I, CIHR, MSFHR I2C)
- ORS assist with negotiation of sponsored and research agreement with industries
Commercialization
- Identifying competing and complementary technologies of interest
- Assisting in business plan development
- Assisting in new business entities for technology licensing
- Stakeholder management between different SFU departments (e.g. SFU Venture Labs, Coast Capital Venture Connection), networking with external VC, etc.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES
- Identification of commercial partners
- Cultivation of industrial relationships, introductions for start-up companies to corporate and venture capital personnel
- Under business advisor role, TLO member(s) may serve as business advisor to startup where advisors would attend/chair meetings with customers/licensees, provide business strategy, reviewing of documents etc.
Training and Workshops
- Training and education provided by both internal and external consultants regarding intellectual property
- Offer advice and current information on changes affecting intellectual property