Tech Transfer :: Resources

Fueling Economic Development

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U-M Business Engagement Center - Industry's front door to the University, connecting business with faculty expertise, student and alumni talent, continuing education programs, sponsored research possibilities, and strategic giving opportunities.
U-M Research has links to many U-M research and development units as well as policy, funding, and support information.
College of Engineering: each academic unit has a web page dedicated to research activities.
Medical School Research Support and Services: provides assistance to investigators and departments.
Visit the U-M Business School and especially the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies.
The University of Michigan is committed to encouraging innovation, entrepreneurship, and business development in our region. To promote this goal, the Innovation Economy web site provides a portal to the many economic development activities across the University and the State of Michigan.

The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) is an international professional association which provides current news, training, and networking events in the tech transfer profession.
The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) is an association of 32 national and regional societies, each composed of men and women who have an interest in the transfer of technology, or licensing of intellectual property rights - from technical know how and patented inventions to software, copyright and trademarks.
Yet2.com is a “marketplace for licensable technologies from all over the world.”
iBridge is an online technology marketplace for research and innovation.
The Patent & License Exchange is another clearinghouse for technologies.
Attorney Search to search profiles of legal professionals worldwide.

Visit the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Business School.
The New Enterprise Forum is a local not-for-profit organization founded “to link entrepreneurs with management expertise, joint venture partners, mentors, business services, capital, and other critical resources.”
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership “sponsors education, training and research initiatives targeted to the needs of adult entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship support systems.”
MichBio supports the growth of the biosciences industry and its constituent companies in Michigan.

U.S. Small Business Administration: Provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.
Galaxy Search Engine: Business and Commerce. A commercial search engine focusing on Industry.
FDA Regulations

Kuester Law - The Technology Law Resource is an award-winning comprehensive resource on patent, copyright, and trademark law.
Federal Laws relating to patents, trademarks and copyrights
The U.S. Copyright Office has extensive information and downloadable forms.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database is now available for free searching.
Source Translation Optimization (STO) provides patenting information: economics, legal analysis, statistics, court rulings, patent analysis tools and more.
Bayh-Dole Act

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