Academic Tech Transfer and IP Management in Japan: Recent Developments and Some New Evidence

摘要：

University-Industry Cooperation (UIC) began to attract attention during the recent recession in Japan. Particularly, theJapanese National Universities became independent administrative entities in 2004; university-based research is increasingly leadingto business opportunities beyond academia. This paper aims at providing some new evidence on some key factors behind themechanism for promoting of Academic Technology Transfer, and on the major forms of UIC in Japan. Based on this analysis, thispaper examines the TLO Law, Japanese Bayh-Dole Act and UIC related policies since 1998 and try to review the effect of enactmentof these policies. It also examines the current system for managing ownership of IP in university inventions and provides adiscussion of challenges for Japanese national universities to successfully manage IPR after incorporation.

关键词： University-Industry Cooperation Tech Transfer IP Management

作者: Cao Yong Akio NagaHira Chen Rensong Zhu Xuezhong

作者单位: School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China Management of Science and Technology Department, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第六届管理学国际会议(Proceedings of ICM2007 the 6th International on Management)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

页码: 1557-1564

在线出版日期: 2007-08-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）