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Dec 13, 2005 | 11:33 PM CST
Trademarks
By: Larry Plonsker, Chemical Network Associates
Technology licensing is a large and important business activity for those companies and institutions that generate technology. In this column, we always feature technologies available for license, mainly from universities, but many companies, large and small, utilize technology licensing to generate significant income. What is surprising is that technology licensing is not the major segment of the licensing business. According to an article by Weston Anso1 in a Trademark World article, “the corporate trademark/brand licensing segment is now the largest segment of the licensing industry and has had the greatest and most consistent growth over the last decade.” We are all familiar with trademarks as we see them everywhere we are exposed to advertising or branded products. This article will try to provide an understanding of what constitutes a trademark, how you get them and how to value and use them.
Dec 13, 2005 | 11:18 PM CST
Searching for the Cosmeceutical Connection
By: Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, Dermatology Consulting …
Cosmeceuticals have numerous mechanisms of action, affecting cellular communication, receptors, barrier function, exfoliation, inflammation, oxidation, pigmentation and photoprotection. Working together, the dermatologist and the cosmetic chemist can find the pathways and the actives to reduce skin aging.
Dec 13, 2005 | 09:49 PM CST
Technology Transfer: Trade Secrets
By: Larry Plonsker, Chemical Network Associates
Trade secrets and patents are very different intellectual properties. You can’t have both on the same invention. A patent gives the owner the right to bar anyone from making, using or selling the subject of the claims in the region where the patents are registered. The patent becomes a public document and, therefore, cannot be a trade secret.
Dec 01, 2005 | 04:05 PM CST
Parting Remarks
By: Larry Plonsker, Chemical Network Associates
This column, “Focus on Technology Transfer,” began in the January 2001 issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine. I have had the privilege of writing this quarterly column for five years. In that first issue, I said that the purpose of the column “is to keep the readers of C&T magazine aware of some new and interesting developments that are taking place at research centers around the world.” I hope that you found some leads and were able to develop innovative and interesting products and relationships from the technologies presented in the articles.
Sep 30, 2005 | 03:48 PM CDT
Emerging Technologies and the Future of Cosmetic Science
By: Randy Schueller and Perry Romanowski, Alberto …
In this article, the authors look forward to what cosmetic science might be like in the future with what emerging technologies, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and nanotechnology, may offer to the cosmetics industry.
Sep 01, 2005 | 09:47 AM CDT
Open Innovation
By: Larry Plonsker, Chemical Network Association
Open Innovation. The Internet has become the tool to make this happen. There are at least three companies that are active in trying to find technology solutions from outside the company. Although these 3 have different business models, they all try to link technology needs to technology providers through the Internet. All rely on their ability to contact large numbers of potential solution providers. Will open innovation solve all your growth and technology problems? Not likely, but it is surely a route that is worth trying.
Aug 31, 2005 | 06:13 PM CDT
Challenges, Opportunities in Clinical Evaluations of Oral Beauty Supplements
By: Theresa Callaghan, PhD and Klaus-Peter Wilhelm…
This article discusses oral skin beauty supplements that are being researched and formulated for skin health. The authors present consumer demands and expectations, scientific considerations, clinical challenges, and clinical opportunities for these skin care products.
May 06, 2003 | 02:00 AM CDT
Patent Donations
By: Larry Plonsker, Chemical Network Associates
Most of my columns are aimed at helping companies grow through the technology transfer process. We have covered the process of acquiring technology as well as examples of currently available, licensable technologies.
May 06, 2003 | 02:00 AM CDT
The Liscense Agreement
By: Larry Plonsker
It has been said by many that no one company can gain all its growth through internal development alone. Bringing in new opportunities for your company through technology transfer has been the ongoing theme for this column.