For many medical device and biotech companies, their specialty is knowing how to develop and get their technologies ready for the marketplace. The problem is they’ve never produced and sold a medical device or technology. And that’s where they face one of the biggest risks in the medical device industry […]
The med tech marketplace is changing. The need to comply with increasing regulatory complexities is driving up costs and increasing the risk of costly compliance failures. Small med-tech companies are up against increasing competition especially from larger companies looking to get into the market and from technology companies looking to […]
Earlier this week I was invited by Professor Bill Morris to be a guest speaker at his business strategy class at the UCI School of Business. Since the class focuses on starting a business, my presentation introduced students to licensing, how it works, and why it’s a game-changer for helping […]
Most people generally think of intellectual property like patents, trademarks, and copyrights. But your IP is more than just a product, brand, book or software. IP extends into many formats including customer information, software source code, business models, databases, operations manuals, professional expertise and much more. These rights are different […]
Thank you to all who attended last weeks Med Tech Licensing Workshop. The workshop covered all the essential steps to successfully licensing a med tech IP…from finding the right partners, how to contact them, what to say (what not to say), how to get the best royalty rate, key mistakes to avoid and much more.
