Industry committee  Sure. Again, this is right in AUTM's wheelhouse. We provide training opportunities, whether they are webinars or in-person professional development opportunities, to share best practices that are created and implemented in technology transfer offices around the world. That is a w

Industry committee  There have been approaches where a one-size-fits-all agreement has been tested. That is definitely not the major way [Technical difficulty—Editor] Many specifics on the institution, the company, or the intellectual property necessitate tailoring. That being said, in the example

Industry committee  That's exactly right. The majority are in the United States, although we do have representatives from 57 different countries.

Industry committee  Yes, I believe that was due to there being a Canadian organization at one time, ACCT Canada. When that went away, Canadian tech transfer professionals were looking for resources, and AUTM came back to Ottawa.

Industry committee  If you think about the development of inventions and commercialization, the nexus there is the technology transfer professional. Low-hanging fruit that actually doesn't cost anything is recognizing that the unique skill set of science, business, and law exists within technology t

Industry committee  You're right. We do collect all sorts of data. There are two or perhaps three interesting data points to back up the importance of that fund and the absence of it affecting Canadian transfer in a negative way. Number one, in 2003, licensing revenue by the Canadian institutions w

Industry committee  Sure.

Industry committee  I would hope the ultimate goal is to reinforce and strengthen IP between those countries. I'm not familiar with that particular story. Again, the purpose of these multinational agreements is to strengthen the IP across the globe, so that would be my hope going forward. Again, I'm

Industry committee  Are you there? I'm sorry. I believe I heard your question, but would you mind repeating it one more time at your end?

Industry committee  Got it.

Industry committee  Over the last five to 10 years, the appreciation and understanding of intellectual property is diffusing throughout the world. Some of those countries, and other countries, are appreciating more and more the value of intellectual property. I think this will continue to improve as

Industry committee  There are a number of factors in play. I mentioned a couple in terms of the percentage difference. I would have to see exactly the calculations they use, but aspects that might influence this would be the number of inventions and patent applications that are developed and start

Industry committee  WIPO is a wonderful resource for academic technology transfer organizations, allowing a single patent application in the home language to be filed and retain rights in, as you mentioned, over 180 countries worldwide. That has been a great accelerator of protecting intellectual pr

Industry committee  Out of other countries—

Industry committee  Nothing comes to mind that way, although I can look at the reciprocal. You may be familiar with the SBIR, small business innovation research program, or the STTR, small business technology transfer program, that are designed to support and grow research and development in small U