Are you an inventor or entrepreneur seeking to license technology from a university?
 
Are you a company owner seeking to license out your technology to gain revenue? or to market your products?
On February 2, the IEEE Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network panel will approach the topic “Licensing Technology” from both sides.
Leslie Williams, our first speaker will offer both perspectives discussing licensing technology from hospitals and universities. At what stage of development can we attract seed investment? How do we assess marketability? What unmet needs are met? How to transition from the lab into products? She will discuss what terms and payment structures will the entrepreneur or the VC seek in licensing. What royalty? What license fees and milestones? What equity for the licensor? What terms on sublicensing and royalty stacking?
Jack Turner, our second speaker will discuss licensing MIT technology to early stage companies. He too will discuss university licensing terms and offer insights – dos and don’ts – for entrepreneurs and startup companies to successfully license technology from MIT.
Mark Morley, our third speaker will also speak as a licensor, discussing how his company licenses out technology. He will discuss terms that a small or mid size high tech company seeks as it licenses out its technology to generate revenue, as it acquires technology through cross-licensing, as it secures sources of supply, as it maximizes incentives to gain sales and market traction, and the implications of licensing on mergers and acquisitions.