NASA offers startup companies patents with no upfront licensing costs
OCT 12, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029277
Ars Technica : On 7 October, NASA announced a program that would make more than 1200 of the agency’s patents available to startup companies for licensing with no upfront fees. The program, dubbed Startup NASA, is the agency’s newest attempt to share its research with the public. In the past the agency has auctioned licenses and sold exclusive licensing rights. This time around, the licenses are freely available for three years to startups that intend to commercialize the technology. However, the licenses aren’t exclusive; if a company successfully brings a product to market, it will pay standard net royalties.
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