IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Technology Licensing Office

Danielle Byrdsong, MTA Associate Officer, Siri Nilsson, Technology Licensing Officer, Contracts

Jan/31

Tue

02:00PM-03:00PM

56-169

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31

The transfer of materials into and out of MIT is steadily increasing each year. Moreover, the providers and recipients for these materials are diversifying.

Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) are legal contracts that ensure all parties are permitted to send and receive biological materials, chemical compounds, and other materials. MTAs protect MIT’s intellectual property and freedom to publish, and MTAs record the terms and conditions for the use of the materials.

Come and join Danielle Byrdsong and Siri Nilsson to learn about MIT's Material Transfer process. Gain a better understanding of MTAs, MIT’s procedures and policies for MTAs, and how to get your materials expeditiously.

Please register by emailing kmkhalil@mit.edu   

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu

Daniel Dardani

Jan/25

Wed

12:00PM-01:45PM

3-133, Pizza will be served

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25

It has been said that content is king. 

Copyrighted works – whether media, software, or art – are a major portion of the world’s creative, intellectual, and economic output.   As such, copyright issues affect musicians, artists, authors, and software programmers alike.  This talk offers a fun and interesting look at the protection of your creative works of authorship whether developed in the lab at MIT or elsewhere.

Join Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and intellectual property expert for an overview of copyright law, its history, practice, and relevance to your world and to the MIT community. 

Daniel will explore topics including: the nature of originality, Fair Use, open source, how copyrights can be licensed in the digital age, and others. All are welcomed. No prior knowledge about IP or the law is required.

This event is co-sponsored by the MIT Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) 

To register please email: kmkhalil@mit.edu

 

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu

Anne Graham, Civil & Environmental Engineering Librarian

Jan/23

Mon

10:30AM-12:00PM

4-163

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 100 participants

Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and patent attorney Sam Pasternak, discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session covers a bit of patent history and a lot about current practices, processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent; the focus is on the process used at MIT for ideas/inventions developed by the MIT community. A portion of the session is devoted to questions and answers. If you think you will ever invent something, you need to be here.

Register here

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, 617 253-7744, GRAHAMA@MIT.EDU

Christopher Noble

Jan/11

Wed

02:00PM-03:30PM

3-133

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11

You've invented something really cool. Can you get a patent?  Can you create a company around it?

Christopher Noble (MIT Technology Licensing Officer) will help you learn how and when to file a patent (and if you need to) and how your startup can spin the invention out from MIT and get that coveted “exclusive license”.

Christopher will also show you how the MIT Technology Licensing Office can help you; and will tell you what investors are looking for when they ask you:  “What about your IP?”

To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu