I was interested to read recently that Restasis inventor Renee Kaswan has started a nonprofit website, IP Advocate. She's using her experience of getting the short end of the Restasis stick to work to help other researchers navigate the complex world of intellectual property rights. I love seeing negative experiences be put to work for good.
Dr. Kaswan has quite an ambitious agenda for her new nonprofit:
To SERVE as a repository of Intellectual Property (IP) Best Practices.
To PROMOTE ethical commercialization of innovations on behalf of the public welfare.
To ENCOURAGE mutually beneficial relationships between institutions of higher learning and their researchers.
To CULTIVATE innovation in American universities as a valuable national resource.
To ESTABLISH a forum for open dialogue and information exchange among faculty, students, researchers and other interested parties.
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I'm part of the community of users at IP Advocate and am thrilled with what is being provided there. Most recently, they have launched a section on Patent Reform to keep academics such as myself informed and up to speed on what Congress's proposals would do to our innovations.
Thanks for posting this information. I needed to find a website that supported faculty inventors and your post has definitely given me the right direction for a host of information not easily accessible in one website. Much appreciated! Morgan
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