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 * 1) Should developing countries be concerned about protecting IP and know-how, and if so how?
 * 2) What are the good practice IP strategies for developing countries?

 A serious impediment to technology commercialization in many countries is the lack of, or incomplete formation of, IP policy and IP legislation. If the country is proposing to support technology commercialization, a frequent question is -- do we wait for perfection, or work with what exists? In most cases it is necessary to work with the existing IP legislation, while continuing to improve it. Another issue is that scientists and engineers may not be familiar with how the IP they develop needs to be protected.

Not everyone agrees that university IP should be protected. Many of the contributions of public sector research institutions to business and economic development have through dissemination of knowledge and technologies by, for example, publications, and the education of students. Some companies complain that the terms contained in university or research institute licenses are too restrictive and discourage companies from becoming licensees.

**Modules**
 * 1) IP Strategies for developing countries
 * 2) Protecting IP and know-how, deciding when to protect.
 * 3) Best practices for laboratory notebooks.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">@IP strategy and tactics, building and managing IP portfolios.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Valuing IP and technology.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">@Business models for commercializing IP.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Incentives to disclose, protect, and commercialize IP.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Navigating conflicts of interest.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">These Modules are a guide only to the planned content of this Handbook Section. Please add new content to this page, or use the discussion Tab. As the wiki grows we will move things around.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This section and its Modules will frequently link to the **IP Handbook of Best Practices**: I**ntellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation::** []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** //Even though the focus of the IP Handbook is on health and agriculture, we will reference sections that are common to all areas of technology commercialization.// **

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional external links
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Lambert Toolkit: Agreement models and decision guide** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> [|www.innovation.gov.uk/lambertagreements]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The toolkit consists of a set of five Model Research Collaboration Agreements and four Consortium Agreements. The toolkit was prepared by the [|Lambert Working Group on Intellectual Property] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The aim of the model agreements is to maximise innovation. They have not been developed with the aim of maximising the commercial return to the universities; but to encourage university and industry collaboration and the sharing of knowledge.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**PIPRA** [] is a non–profit initiative striving to make it easy for developing countries to access new technologies. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> “PIPRA helps innovators working to create new applications for agricultural, health, water, and energy technologies in developing countries and helps public sector organizations get their technologies out of the lab and into use. We do this by improving innovators' ability to navigate IPR issues and think strategically about commercialization.” <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> PIPRA's core activities include the following:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IP analysis -- either broad landscapes or focused on particular technologies
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Biotechnology resources, e.g. the pPIPRA vector
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Drafting and negotiating agreements, with the support of our pro bono attorney network
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Research consortia support, including public-private partnerships
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IP management workshops at public institutions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regional IP Resources, mainly in Latin America and Southeast Asia
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Commercialization strategy to improve technology delivery
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IP handbook
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IP policy analysis

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The beta version of the **PIPRA Agricultural IP database** is now on-line for public access [] Over 6600 patents and patent applications from 45 different countries are now searchable by many fields, including licensing status. The data represent the agricultural portfolio of 27 universities and non-profit research institutions.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **IP @ The National Academies (Partnerships)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So AD, Sampat BN, Rai AK, Cook-Deegan R, Reichman JH, et al. (2008) Is __Bayh-Dole good for developing countries? Lessons from the US experience__. PLoS Biol 6(10): e262. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060262 Copyright: © 2008 So et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Patent Databases in Different Countries (WIPO)** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Intellectual Property Digital Library** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] Click on "Resources" then "Search IP Databases"

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The WIPO Intellectual Property Digital Library Web site provides access to intellectual property data collections hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization. These collections include PCT (Patents), Madrid (Trademarks), Hague (Industrial Designs), Article 6ter (State Emblems, Official Hallmarks, and Emblems of Intergovernmental Organizations).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization** has documents, case studies, and distance learning courses among other services. Browse <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Valuation of Intellectual Property** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

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 * Google Advance Patent Search**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Sample Contract Research Agreement (Annotated)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> There is no one agreement document which can be used for all circumstances. Contract agreements must be negotiated case by case. This is just a sample agreement with an explanation of typical terms and what they mean.

=<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">**Echoes of Bayh-Dole? A Survey of IP and Technology Transfer Policies in Emerging and Developing Economies** = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]