REMINDER: Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property (IJTTC)

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

Call for Papers - International Journal of Technology Transfer and
Commercialisation  (IJTTC)
Special Issue on: "Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property"
Deadline: 31 March 2007

Guest Editors: Professors Cherie Ann Sherman and Phil Anderson, Ramapo
College of New Jersey, USA

Intellectual property (copyright, trademark, and patent) rights, once
considered the bailiwick of a small group of elite researchers, are now
the focus of corporations, universities and many small businesses around
the globe. In the US, for example, almost all research universities now
patent and license technology and even small colleges are becoming
involved in this process. This new focus has fostered the formation of
startup companies, generated jobs, and created better relations between
educational institutions and their communities.

Germany and Japan are seeking to jump on this bandwagon, inspired in the
US by the Bayh-Dole amendment. This legislation allows educational
institutions, engaged in government funded research, to license their
inventions to corporations, retaining a portion of the royalties
generated. The option of an exclusive license is often an adequate
inducement to encourage the private sector to undertake the risk of
product development which public sector entities are not well-suited to
pursue. Concomitantly, students are becoming increasingly aware of the
commercial potential of their work and engineering and business
curricula reflect a rising interest in entrepreneurship and product
development.

The goal of this special issue is to investigate, describe, and evaluate
the current role IP rights play in facilitating the transfer of
technology. With this knowledge, organisations, as well as
entrepreneurs, can identify and adopt a strategy to take advantage of IP
rights.

Subject Coverage

We are looking forward to receiving contributions including, but not
limited to, the following topics:

* Innovation and intellectual property
* Idea development
* Cross-discipline and cross-university fertilisation
* Commercialization infrastructure evolution
* Case studies in commercialisation
* Start-up formation
* Software and business method patents
* Licensing issues
* Revenue sharing
* Students and intellectual property rights
* Confidentiality agreements
* Union contract provisions concerning IP rights
* Legislation and technology transfer
* Sponsored research and external relationships
* Public policy regarding IP rights
* International issues

Notes for Intending Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are
refereed through a peer review process.

Types of submission:

* Position articles [3500-5000 words]
* Research articles [5000-6000 words]
* Empirical surveys [3000-5000 words]
* Case studies [2500-5000 words] 

Important Dates

Deadline for Paper Submissions: 31 March 2007
Review Deadline: 30 June 2007
Notification of Acceptance: 31 July 2007
Deadline for Revised Papers: 31 October 2007
Final Decisions: 15 December 2007

Editors and Notes

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an
e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Professor Cherie Ann Sherman
Anisfield School of Business
Ramapo College of New Jersey
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430-1680
USA
E-mail: csherman at ramapo.edu

with a copy to:

IEL Editorial Office
E-mail: ijttc at inderscience.com

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the
title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor.

More info at
https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=464