CRA Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer 2

Question 1

A Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) is used to govern the transfer of:

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Tangible research materials between institutions or companies

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Financial funds between sponsored research accounts

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Intellectual property rights in a licensing arrangement

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Personnel between collaborating research institutions

Question 2

Copyright protection for works created by university employees in the scope of their employment generally belongs to:

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The university as the employer under the work-for-hire doctrine

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The individual faculty member who created the work

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The student who collaborated on the project

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The federal sponsor if federal funds were used

Question 3

Which of the following is an advantage of maintaining a trade secret over seeking patent protection?

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Trade secrets can be maintained indefinitely as long as secrecy is preserved

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Trade secrets provide a 20-year term of exclusive legal protection

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Trade secrets require public disclosure of the invention

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Trade secrets are enforceable against independent third-party discoverers

Question 4

The SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program requires that small businesses receiving awards:

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Retain the principal research at U.S.-based small businesses and keep data rights

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Transfer all IP developed under the award to the federal government

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License any resulting patents nonexclusively to all domestic companies

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Partner with a university for all Phase II activities

Question 5

An inter-institutional agreement (IIA) in technology transfer is typically needed when:

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An invention is jointly made by researchers at two or more institutions

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A student transfers from one university to another mid-semester

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A university hires a faculty member from a competing institution

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A company sponsors research at a single university

Question 6

In a sponsored research agreement, an option-to-license provision typically grants the sponsor:

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The right to negotiate a license to sponsor-funded inventions within a defined period

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Immediate exclusive rights to all inventions made under the agreement

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Co-ownership of all patents filed during the agreement term

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Veto power over the university's invention disclosure process

Question 7

Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) are used in technology transfer to:

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Assess the maturity and development stage of a technology for commercialization

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Rank universities by the number of patents they file annually

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Determine the appropriate royalty rate for licensing agreements

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Classify research publications by impact factor