[Fsfe-ie] Irish Council for Science,Technology & Innovation

[teresahackett at eircom.net]

Following our meeting this evening, this is the organisation I spoke about [from original message posted in March] where IFSO could possibly contribute to the "Guidelines for the successful commercialisation of research currently being drafted by government advisory board the Irish Council for Science, Technology & Innovation" especially as an alternative to Irish Software Assoc vision.
But maybe we're too late. Have just taken a look at their website and seen new "National code of practice for managing intellectual property from publicly funded research".
www.forfas.ie/icsti/statements/icsti040407/index.html 
Not sure if it's the same thing. Will check out after my exams.

Teresa
 
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> The Irish Software Association gets the wrong end of the stick
> entirely regarding IP, patents, etc.:
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>   "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.
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>   "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. ...
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> Tuesday March 16, 05:26 PM
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> New models for software R&D urged
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> 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.