They have different funding mechanisms, so they're not so desperate. They have more funding by far. They have more research funding, so they're not so desperate. At the same time, yes, I am aware that this is how the IP tends to go. That's what this tech translation office is. They use research contracts in this format as a mechanism to measure success. More is better, right? That's their incentive right now.
They want more research contract funding, but they don't recognize the value of the IP they have. This is just the new funding model for corporate R and D. They don't do it in-house anymore; they do it through these research contracts. Instead of having just internal R and D teams, they have those as well as all of these IP purchase arrangements with universities globally.