Partnering organizations
An up to date list of partnering organisations worldwide, each offering support, advice, and peer networking opportunities.
LES (Licensing Executives Society) - the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) is an association of 31 national and regional societies, each composed of men and women who have an interest in the transfer of technology, or licensing of intellectual property rights - from technical know how and patented inventions to software, copyright and trade marks.
AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers) - AUTM's global network of members represent more than 350 universities, research institutions, teaching hospitals and government agencies as well as hundreds of companies involved with managing and licensing innovations derived from academic and nonprofit research.
IILP (Institute of International Licensing Practitioners) - IILP is a professional association of individuals and firms engaged in commercialising invention through the transfer of technology and the licensing of intellectual property.
AURIL (Association for University Research and Industry Links) - AURIL is the professional association representing all practitioners involved in knowledge creation, development and exchange in the UK who work to ensure that new ideas, technologies and innovations flow from their institution into the market place
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) - the mission of BIO is a champion of biotechnology and the advocate for its member organizations – both large and small
PLG (Pharmaceutical Licensing Group) - there are currently nine national Pharmaceutical Licensing groups in Europe, including Benelux, Central Europe, France, Germany, Italy, the Nordic region, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Each national group runs a programme of meetings and training courses designed to meet the needs of its members.
WOCP (Worldwide Organization for Collaborative Partnerships) - the Worldwide Organization for Collaborations in the Pharmaceutical Industry is dedicated to supporting collaborative arrangements in the Pharma and Biotech Industry.
ASAP (Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals) - ASAP is the leading global professional association dedicated to alliance formation and practice. We provide a forum to exchange alliance best practices, resources, and opportunities and we offer products that enable our members to harness alliances as growth engines to drive corporate performance.
AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)) -the AIPLA is an organization serving the needs of the American legal and creative community.
AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) - the AIPPI is a non-profit international organisation which unites practitioners, academics and owners of intellectual property.
LIMA (Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association) - the mission of LIMA is to foster the growth and expansion of licensing. LIMA represents the interests of its membership worldwide by providing a forum for networking, serving as a source of education and information, establishing standards of ethical and professional conduct, and recognizing excellence and achievement in the industry.
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) - FLC actively promotes the fullest application and use of federal research and development by providing an environment for successful technology transfer.
University Companies Association (UNICO) - UNICO provides a forum for exchange and development of best practice amongst its members via meetings twice a year hosted by members' universities around the country and an electronic discussion group.
Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP) - ASTP seeks to professionalise and promote technology and knowledge transfer between the European science base and industry.
National Business Incubator's Association (NBIA) is the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. It provides professionals with the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies worldwide - National Business Incubator's Association
Technology Transfer Society (T2S) is a not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to sharing methods, opportunities and schools of thought with the technology transfer community - Technology Transfer Society
Biological Open Source (BiOS) evolved as a response to inequities in food security, nutrition, health and natural resource management. BiOS's goal is to democratise problem solving to enable diverse solutions to problems through decentralised innovation. The organization provides BiOS-compliant agreements can support both freedom to operate, and freedom to cooperate - BiOS
Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIR) seeks to gain a profound knowledge in patent, trade mark, design and copyright law. More in particular the CIR wishes to gain a better insight into new and evolving areas of intellectual property law (such as the protection of software, semi-conductor products and biotechnological inventions, standardisation and technology transfers) and the general problems of patents, trade marks, designs and copyright - Centre for Intellectual Property Rights
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Membership of each of these organizations provides members with excellent support, advisory, and networking opportunities.
In addition, each organization offers regular training in partnering best practice.
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