The following questions and answers are reproduced with permission from a 1996 copyrighted brochure by the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) (www.cogr.edu/). The information is general in nature and provides useful perspective on university technology transfer practices nationwide. It does not, however, represent University of California policy and should not be interpreted as such.

Part One

• What is the Bayh-Dole Act?
  
• How has the Act influenced tech transfer?
  
• How many research universities have tech transfer offices?
  
• How does university tech transfer work?
  
• How is the licensing value determined?
  
• Exclusive or non-exclusive licenses?
  
• Start-up companies and tech transfer?
  
• Licenses through competitive bidding?

• Foreign licensing?
  
• Patents and publishing?
  
• Inventions in the Public Domain?
  
• Conflicts of interest?
  
• Joint Federal and industry participation?
  
• Different policies for Feds and industry?
  
• Committing Federally funded inventions to industry?
  

• How much do universities make on licensing?
  
• How do universities measure success in tech transfer?
  
• Why do universities retain title?
  
• Why link creation of knowledge to development?
  
• Why encourage faculty to invent?
  
• Footnotes