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Volume 1, issue 5     May 1994


 
PERSPECTIVE:
The Obstacles to Technology Transfer
During the late 80's and early 90's after the decline and fall of the Soviet Union the business landscape changed somewhat. Companies that had been built on high profile government defense contracts found that the well was running dry. America's universities had a similar, though not as devastating, experience with this as well. When a fundamental change in the way things are done occurs, such as this particular situation, it is to be expected that there will be a period during which those affected find a way to adjust.

Depending on what happens in the future, technology transfer may prove to be the response to the changes that have happened over the past few years. The phrase 'technology transfer' refers to the development, by universities, of technology which is patented by the university and then marketed. If that sounds a big vague to you, particularly the second part, then you would be right. That is but one of the problems with technology transfer. Others involve legal aspects to regulate technology transfer and the inevitable momentum in society that tries to move in the same old direction while a new idea, in this case technology transfer, is being worked out....

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