Intellectual Property Valorization

Roberto Tiezzi - Technology Transfer Office

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Innovation from research as a tool in competition

Knowledge Technology/Engineering products

Need SolutionNew process/product/serviceorganisational form

Profit Company growth

"Strategic" role of intellectual property:

• defensive

• source of income

• attracts resources and capital

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Are we using intellectual property strategically?

What impact?

As defence? Keeping market quotas

Generation of new opportunities for profit? Attacking new markets

Attracting resources/capital?

Funding innovation or creating new companies

• Innovation• Operating models• Services

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Inventions and patents

Dato cumulato

1998- 2004

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

64 85128 165

209255

298 339384 421 457

142191

306398

505

624

737822

9191016

1099

N. invenzioni cumulateN. brevetti  cumulati

Overall portfolio of inventions and patents

1998- 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Overall portfolio of

patents 737 85 97 97 83 Patents from

commissioned research 229 40 37 38 30

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Intellectual property services offered by the Politecnico di Milano

Assessment of the applicative solution and possible sectors of use

Analysis of patent conditions and scientific state-of-the-art (prior art)

Market analysis

Assessment of the protection strategies for industrial property

Assessments for trademark registration

Management of patenting procedures

Assistance during the negotiation phase

Identification of the potential/value of the intellectual property

Adding value = Impact

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Which strategy?

Publishing vs Protecting?

And if I did both?

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New innovation models

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Technology transfer: a university function

INVENTIONS

PROTECTIONIntellectual property

PUBLICATION

PROOF OF PRINCIPLECOLLABORATIVERESEARCH with

INDUSTRY

SCIENCEINCUBATORS

SPIN-OFFS &CAMPUS COMPANIES

SEEDCAPITAL

Public FundingEconomic Programs

EU FP

RESEARCH

INNOVATION

DEVELOPMENT

New ProductsNew Services

LicencesRoyalties

Results Ownership

Open Science Model

LicenseModel

Spin-outModel

InteractionModel

IP Transfer

IndustrySponsoring

Public FundingEducation programs

Donations

InfrastructureScientists

RESEARCHDiscoveries

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Sharing/transferring innovation

Assessment of

research results

Management of the

Know-how/IP

portfolio

Business intelligence activity to define options

Advertising/development of contacts

with research partners

and companies

Negotiations for research

and/or transfer

contractsCreation of Spin-offs

Evaluation

Management of the IP portfolio

Business Intelligence Marketing Negotiation

Financial resources(validation)

Strategy(vision, risk management, time to market)

Project management(entrepreneurial culture)

Intellectual Property(defensibility)

Politecnico Business

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What to do

1. Assess your research objectives and the obtained results

2. Have a chat with IP Professional

3. Define a strategy

4. Manage the innovation plan

Roberto TiezziTechnology Transfer Officeroberto.tiezzi@polimi.itTel. + 39 0223999232