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University College Dublin has launched legal proceedings against Applied Process, co-founded by two of…

Universities could lose access to grants under government plans for a knowledge sharing benchmark to…

The US Federal Trade Commission has joined two US states to seek an injunction blocking the merger of…

Pain assessment technology developer ePat is set to list on the Australian Stock Exchange today, providing…

The news roundup for the week ending 24 June 2016.

Abingdon Health enters into a partnership with Sumitomo Chemical to build on the rapid diagnostic test…

Queensland, Sydney, RMIT, South Australia and Curtin universities agree to a standardised approach to…

Bath University spinout Atlas Genetics gains approval to sell its rapid chlamydia test within the EU.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopts crowdfunding rules after long wait.

Swansea spinout Bionema has received watchdog approval to test its biopesticides that could stop pests…

Skills deficit in STEM subjects estimated to cost the UK low-carbon economy by 2023.

Report highlights US tech transfer impacts, including adding $1.18 trillion to industry output, $518bn…

Democratic Senator Chris Coons looks to slow the speed of the Innovation Act being passed.

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo suggests tying funding for institutions to how well they attract…

Pending legislation to address patent litigation abuses “broadly drawn” and would weaken tech transfer,…

Holostem secures Western world’s first ever clearance for stem cell therapies from the European Commission.

US senator introduces bill to create microlabs with aim of assisting tech transfer.

Breakthrough therapy is granted to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia spin-out’s lead drug candidate.

Universities will need to hold a stake of at least 51% in their spin-outs.

Carnegie Mellon University has been awarded $1.5bn by a federal judge who ruled in their favour in a…

Start-Up NY initiative announces first eight campuses to benefit from tax free zones for startups.

Ohio State University investigates startup for alleged copyright infringement and violation of trade…

Michigan spin-off Alertwatch gains FDA clearance to sell its patient monitoring services.

The University of California wins battle with Thomson Reuters for the right to not disclose the investment…

One in three startups and 70% of VCs face accusations of patent infringement, according to report.

The Polish Government reveals plans to hand over intellectual property rights to the professor.
In a video interview for the Global University Venturing 2013 Summit, Lynch said that whereas governments…

The report, Encouraging a British Invention Revolution, said turning ideas into job creating businesses…

The Transfer Act of 2013 (H.R. 2981) is a Bill to specifically award grants to technology transfer programs…

A bill that will unify the tech transfer efforts of Oregon State University and the University of Oregon…

MRC Technology joins Ascenion (Germany), Bergen Teknologioverføring (Norway), Inserm Transfert (France)…

The US-based University of Minnesota has introduced its Entrepreneurial Leave Program to enable faculty…

David Willetts, the UK's minister for universities and science, launches a review to boost commercialisation…

President Obama calls on US Congress to create ‘startup visas’ for foreign-born entrepreneurs looking…

Senator Maralyn Chase from Washington State has proposed the bill, Regarding the assignment of intellectual…

The report, Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States, said the pace of university…

US-based Pennsylvania State University, University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota have changed…

The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the Abramson Cancer Center of the…

SBIR spends $2.3bn per year in grants of up to $1m per start-up while STTR provides $275m.