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ITTI MissionTo promote and advance innovation in developing
countries via education and capacity building, at both the human and institutional levels.
ITTI MissionFocus is on merging public interest, social justice with
training and education in IP management and technology transfer. Projects geared towards accelerating
innovations in health and agriculture to developing countries, e.g., vaccines and ag-biotech
ITTI MissionBuilding and promoting innovation and knowledge-based economic global development via education, training and
outreach. Continuation of Franklin Pierce tradition of working with professionals from developing countries.
ITTI Project Approaches•Patent literature mining and analysis (Patent Landscape and FTO analyses)
•Working with developing countries to establish or strengthen IP management/technology transfer offices
•Student involvement on all projects as ITTI Clinical Course offering.
ITTI Patent Analyses: Ag-biotech
1. Sweet potato improvement for Sub-Saharan Africa2. Weevil resistance via genetic engineering3. CGIAR-based projects (World Bank)4. Access and distribution accelerated via FTO
analysis5. Ancillary knowledge: difficulty finding patent info
from Africa … WIPO
ITTI Patent Analyses: Vaccines
1. Malaria, SARS, Pandemic Influenza WIPO/WHO Meeting in Geneva Switzerland
2. HIV vaccine patent landscape: DNA, protein/peptide, adenoviral vector, prime boost
3. NIH grant application to provide free, on-line database of HIV-vaccine related patents documents
ITTI Patent Analyses: BiofuelIP (not only patent analysis) landscape of biomass resources for biodieselSoy, Rape/Canola, Oil Palm, Sunflower, Algae Patents (and apps.!)Plant variety protectionFAO germplasm accordConvention on Biological Diversity
ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia
• Building human and institutional IP, tech-transfer and innovaiton capacities
• Within the context of Colombian national development
• Team-based approach• Key contacts in Colombia • Site visit last November
ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia
Project-based approach:1. Evaluation and assessment of R&D capabilities
and position2. Identification of products/resources immediately
ready for development3. Concomitant investment in IP management/tech-
transfer capacities
ITTI TTO Projects: Colombia
Project status:Preparation of concept note/business plan, based on November meetings and researchEvaluation of short, medium and longer term objectives and strategiesIdentification of resources for R&D consideration, e.g., floral industry, genetic resources, biodiversity
ITTI TTO Projects: Sub-Saharan Africa
Towards a New Alliance for Progress:Advancing the Research Enterprise in
Sub-Saharan Africa
ITTI TTO Projects: Sub-Saharan Africa
Country/region analysis/strategyWest Africa: Nigeria, GhanaEast Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, UgandaConsultation with African IP professionals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria
ITTI TTO Projects: Sub-Saharan Africa
Strategic considerations:
Innovative developing countries as starting pointPossible consolidation of talent and resourcesDevelopment of appropriate and needed technologiesAccess to patent and scientific informationNational/regional innovation, IP, tech-transfer offices
ITTI TTO Projects: Vietnam
Opportunity to work with Vietnamese Academy of Sciences (VAST) to establish Office of Tech-Transfer to serve the national needs for innovation management.
Might serve also as a regional office for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (old French Indochina)
ITTI TTO Projects: Vietnam
Strategic considerations:
Innovative developing countries as starting pointPossible consolidation of talent and resourcesDevelopment of appropriate and needed technologiesAccess to patent and scientific informationNational/regional innovation, IP, tech-transfer offices
Role of National/Regional Innovation, IP Management, Tech-transfer Offices
Consolidation of human and institutional resourcesCoordination of public-sector R&D commercializationAdvancing IP awareness among:
scientists, administrators and policy makers
Forging international collaborations and Fostering international tech-transfer
Moral/Ethical/Legal Obligation?
Moral: Save lives, help the poor, sick, needy.
Ethical: Promote the Rule of Law (from Canon of Legal Ethics …. Really!)
Legal: TRIPS Articles 66.2 and 67
Strategic Best Interest of U.S.A. (Bruce Lehman)
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