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Easing Friction Over Tech Transfer

“Universities have too often looked to the short-run bottom line in setting their licensing priorities, granting exclusive rights to breakthrough technologies to businesses that may not be best suited to exploit them for the benefit of society as a whole,” causing interference in the IT sector in particular

Innovation, Education Top Meeting Agenda for Governors

The four-day meeting will concentrate on NGA Chair Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano’s yearlong initiative Innovation America, which focuses on the importance of providing a quality math and science education, helping colleges and universities better prepare the workers of tomorrow and promoting investment in businesses and technologies of the future.

The Business Pre-Nuptial. Protecting Principals in Case of a Split

Before the honeymoon is over is precisely the time to think about what happens if principals decide to go their separate ways.

The road from research to revenue

Extra staffing means higher expectations for Virginia Tech Intellectual Property, an office that has reeled in millions for the school.

How Top Bloggers Earn Money

Cat pictures, gossip, tech talk, politics—there’s lots of ways to rake in the dough online

High tech, biotech clashing on patent bill. "Stop reckless rush to overhaul patent system"

This week they’re on opposite sides of a fight playing out in Washington: How to overhaul the nation’s patent system.

University of Montana Environmental Health Center Lands $10.6MM Grant

Founded in 2000, the center works to advance knowledge of environmental impacts on human health. Its 16 faculty members and six faculty affiliates study everything from arsenic exposure to diseases caused by Libby asbestos.

How to Handle Late-Paying Clients

Coldhearted as it seems, sometimes the best strategy for handling habitually overdue customers is to quit working for them.

Google offers to run small web site search engines starting at $100

The service scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday is aimed at the millions of Web sites that either don’t have search engines or are unhappy with the quality of their current search results.

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