Intellectual Property
Carolina State University (NCSU)have announced a joint
licensing and commercialisation partnership,focused on
commercialising selected inventions arising from SRC-sponsored
university research programs at North Carolina State University.
Historically,in return for sponsoring research programs at a
university,SRC-member companies have been granted a royalty-
free,non-exclusive,worldwide license to intellectual property (IP)
developed by the university performing research services.The
new partnership presents an optional,alternative licensing
relationship between SRC and NCSU for mutually selected
inventions developed under SRC sponsorship.
Under the new partnership,select SRC and university
intellectual property rights are combined and licensed to SRC.
The university,SRC and SRC member companies locate and
agree on terms to sublicense one or more companies able to commercialise the invention.The commercialising company (or
companies)may be either an SRC-member or a third-party.
Patent costs will be paid initially by SRC,with provisions for
recovering patent costs from commercial sublicensees.The net
licensing revenues will be shared between NCSU,SRC,and SRC
member companies.
US display integrator Three-Five Systems has gained the right to
market German optical device producer OSRAM Opto
Semiconductorsorganic light emitting diode (OLED)displays.
Three-Five Systems will also provide design-engineering services
to support the integration of OSRAMs technology into OEM
products.OSRAM will maintain its independent marketing,sales
and integration channels.Applications into handheld devices such
as wireless handsets,pocket personal computers and PDAs are
envisaged.
OSRAM was granted a license from Cambridge Display
Technology (CDT)in 2001 to manufacture and sell polymer light
emitting displays.OSRAM currently manufactures OLED displays
in evaluation quantities at its Penang,Malaysia facility.Volume
production is expected to start Q2 2003.
Samsung Electronics has signed an agreement to license
Numerical Technologiesphase-shifting technology for the
production of its newest static memory (SRAM).Teams from both
companies have worked closely to refine the 120nm
manufacturing process for this product.Production of the device
is expected in early 2003.Other licensees of Numericals phase-
shifting technology include Intel,Fujitsu,Motorola and UMC.
