Industry-Academy
Cooperation
Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron
President, OUI
[email protected]
INTER-REGIONAL SEMINAR ON:
Economic Issues of Intellectual Property Rights
Sept. 11, 2012
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Universities as
“Intellectual and Economic Engines” :
Calls for Academia-Industry
Partnership
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University vs. IndustryContrasting Cultures:
University
 Social responsibilities
 Basic, curiosity driven
research
 Create new knowledge
 Freedom of research
 Publications & collaborations
 Sharing of material
 Open, global community and
sharing of research results
Corporate
 Shareholders responsibilities
 Applied research
 Develop new products
 Specific objectives, product
focused
 Ownership and secrecy
 Control of material
 Aiming to global market
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The Death Valley
Industry
Academia
" Death Valley"
Products
Science
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Bridging over the “Death Valley” –
WHY?

Better exploitation of knowledge to
the benefit of the public (e.g., new
drugs, environmental technologies,
alternative energy).
 A natural source of innovation.
 To foster knowledge-based economy;
direct contribution to short term
growth.
 “Fair” and efficient use of public
support.
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Bridging over the “Death Valley” –
HOW?
Modern relations between universities and industries:
 New
venture formation/Spin-offs
 R&D agreements
 Licensing deals
Traditional:
 Teaching and students
practice
 Individual entrepreneurship
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Industry, university, government
Researchers (people!),
Faculties,
Administration,
etc.
knowledge
university
Government
money
Technology/knowledgeTransfer
knowledge
industry
Entrepreneurs
VCs
Productions
Marketing
Management
Stocks holders
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money
The Role of Governments
Financial support for academic, basic
research. Public support is essential for
academic freedom.
2. Intervention programs for “bridging the
gap”.
3. Legal infrastructure: intellectual
property rights (IPR) laws, Taxations,
innovation law, etc.
1.
IPR
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The case of ISRAEL

ISRAEL is an R&D state - the expenditure on civilian
research and development (R&D) as a percentage of the
gross domestic product (GDP) is the highest in the world:
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Source: ISRAEL CBS
Israel: Recent Nobel Laureates
 Dan
Shechtman ,Chemistry, 2011 Technion
 Ada E. Yonath, Chemistry, 2009 Wiezmann Inst.
 Robert Aumann, Economics, 2005 HUJI
 Aaron Ciechanover, Chemistry,
2004 - Technion
 Avram Hershko, Chemistry, 2004 Technion
 Daniel Kahneman, Economics,
2002 - HUJI
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Lessons from IL experience –
How to maintain top level Science
AND
successful High-Tech Industry?
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Higher Education in Israel Expanding system
 1989/90:
21 HEI (8 universities + 13 colleagues),
88,800 students.
 2010/11: 67 HEI, (8 universities + 36 academic
colleagues, 23 pedagogical colleagues) 297,800
students.
All HEIs are independent legal entities; All but NBC are heavily supported
by the government.
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The 7+1 universities:
•The Technion
•The Hebrew University in Jerusalem
•Tel Aviv University
•Bar Ilan University
•Ben Gurion University in the Negev
•Haifa University
•The Weizmann Institute
•The Open University
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University vs. Colleague
HEI
PRO
Research:
Grants,
Teaching &
research:
TT,
Faculty,
Teaching:
Facilities,
Graduate
students
Undergrad
Research
Inst.
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Characteristics of TT in Israel:
 Government’s
involvement mainly by intervention
programs.
 Each university decides on its own policy and
regulations independently. However, they share
common principles.
 Each university has its own TTC.
 TTCs are for-profit companies, own by the
universities.
 TTCs are handling universities IP and are
responsible for commercialization, following the
university’s policy.
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TTCs in Israel
Weizmann Institute
Yeda
1959
Hebrew University
Yissum
1964
Tel Aviv University
Ramot
1973
.
.
.
New initiative – national TTC – 2013???
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The rules – main common principles:
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Researchers must disclose to the university any research of
commercial potential.
Universities own the IP of “institute inventions” (service
invention).
Institute inventions are discoveries of employees and others,
related to the university.
Institute inventions are commercialized solely by the TTC.
Commercialization revenues are shared by the inventors (4050%) and the university.
If the TTC chooses not to file for patent, the inventors can do
it at their own expense.
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Different Institutional TT strategies,
all managed by the TTC
 Research
and development agreements
 Licensing deals
 New venture formation / Spin-offs
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Institutional TT (1)
R&D agreements
Industry
Academia
" Death Valley"
Products
Science
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Institutional TT (2)
Licensing deals
Industry
Academia
" Death Valley"
Products
Science
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Institutional TT (3)
Spin offs
Industry
Academia
" Death Valley"
Products
Science
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The technology transfer process
at TAU
“Bridging the Gap”
Discovery &
Innovation
Evaluation
Patenting &
Marketing
Strategy
Sponsored Research
Business
Development
IDF
Follow Up
on Contract
Revenues
40-20-40
Academic Basic and
Applied Research
publications
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To inventors
Example: the Weizmann Inst.
Responsible technology transfer*
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Example (cont): the Weizmann
Institute - Policy
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Selected TT Success Stories: Yeda, Yissum & Ramot (2009)
Copaxone® | Teva
Total sale of Weizmann
based products €6
Bilion/year
Rebif ® | Merck Serono
Encryption Algorithm | NDS
GeneCardsTM | XenneX
NanoLubTM | Nanomaterials
Exelon® | Novartis
Dunaliella | Nikken Sohonsha
Doxil ® | J&J
QuantomiXTM | QX Capsule
ErbituxTM | ImClone
Cherry Tomatoes | BonTom
Periochip | Dexcel
Lipimix | Tubilux
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Academic institutions with more than 50
PCTs/year (2004)
Univ. of California system
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
CNRS
MIT
Univ. of Texas
California Inst. Tech.
Johns Hopkins
Univ. of Michigan
Columbia Univ.
Riken
Univ. of Florida
Hebrew Univ.
Weizmann Institute
Stanford
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297
182
146
131
96
84
76
74
68
67
67
56
54
54
Licensing Income of top 10 US universities
Licensing Income Survey 2006 top 10 Universities *
#
Institution
1
Univ. of California System
193
2
NYU
157
3
Stanford Univ.
61
4
Wake Forest Univ.
60
5
Univ. of Minnesota
56
6
MIT
43
7
Univ. of Florida
42
8
Univ. of Rochester
38
9
Northwestern Univ.
29
Harvard Univ.
20
10
Licensing Income ($M)
* Source: AUTM Licensing Survey 2006
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Government’s involvement in
university-industry relations
 Under
the responsibility of the office of the Chief
Scientist at the ministry of Industry, Trade and
Labor (OCS).
 Different intervention programs for universityLOCAL industry collaboration.
 Restrictions on internationalization of
knowledge created under these programs.
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Thank You!
[email protected]
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