[Fsfe-ie] ISA calls for stronger IP rights in Ireland
teresahackett at eircom.net
teresahackett at eircom.net
Thu Mar 18 02:35:55 CET 2004
This is like the Business Software Alliance line, who are active at European level. Where I think that IFSO could make a useful contribution is to the Irish Council for Science,Technology & Innovation. They should be aware of the implications for R&D of heavy IP. If they only get the ISA views, they'll come up with a bad policy.
"Guidelines for the successful commercialisation of research are currently
being drafted by government advisory board the Irish Council for Science,
Technology & Innovation."
Teresa
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> The Irish Software Association gets the wrong end of the stick
> entirely regarding IP, patents, etc.:
>
> "Ireland must establish itself as the most intellectual property
> rights-friendly country with very low barriers to technology transfer
> and commercial exploitation within Ireland," she said.
>
> "There is a great opportunity for Ireland to benefit from the area of
> IP," she said. "Ireland needs to be the place where companies go to
> file patents and do research. ...
>
> ick! Anyone care to rebut this nicely? I know one of the executive
> council guys and can pass on a mail.
>
> - --j.
>
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040316/95/eopkt.html
>
> Tuesday March 16, 05:26 PM
>
>
> New models for software R&D urged
>
> By Anthony Quinn
>
> The Irish software industry must find more successful models of
> commercialising third level research, according to the Irish Software
> Association.
>
> Ireland's EUR1.3 billion indigenous software market needs to commercialise
> more research from third level institutions if it is to remain a serious
> competitor in the global software development market, according to
> Bernadette Cullinan, Performix Technologies' chief operating officer
> and an ISA executive member.
>
> There is currently little effective collaboration between the Irish
> software sector and third level institutions, noted the Performix
> Technologies COO at the second ISA-sponsored Open Forum series. "But
> we believe there is tremendous opportunity to sharpen Ireland's
> competitiveness and to generate research that is commercially viable,"
> she said.
>
> "The software sector is seeking a way for effective and commercially
> viable management of intellectual property rights creation between the
> industry and the third level sector," Cullinan added.
>
> Currently EUR2.5 billion of the National Development Plan is spent on
> research and 50 percent of the SFI's EUR646 million research funding is
> going to software research," noted John Shiel, chairperson of the Irish
> Software Association competitiveness sub-committee.
>
> "The fact is it is difficult to identify a company with more than 10
> employees that has emerged from a university, which strongly suggests
> that the current model is broken," he said. The ISA will be working to
> develop a proposed model that will address these issues, said Shiel.
>
> One of the main problems in Ireland is that it is often unclear who owns
> the intellectual property (IP) for research, according to ISA director
> Kathryn Raleigh. If it is jointly-funded research, there may be barriers
> in place or conditions attached, she said. "Investors often won't touch
> the research if that is the case," she told ElectricNews.Net.
>
> "Ireland must establish itself as the most intellectual property
> rights-friendly country with very low barriers to technology transfer
> and commercial exploitation within Ireland," she said.
>
> "There is a great opportunity for Ireland to benefit from the area of
> IP," she said. "Ireland needs to be the place where companies go to
> file patents and do research. It is relatively easy to commercialise and
> transfer technology but there is a lot more that we can do," according
> to Raleigh.
>
> There is willingness for collaboration on all sides, added Professor
> Kevin Ryan of the University of Limerick. What has hampered the progress
> is the misunderstanding between industry and academia on use of research
> and goals, he added.
>
> Guidelines for the successful commercialisation of research are currently
> being drafted by government advisory board the Irish Council for Science,
> Technology & Innovation.
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