1. Rosetta Developers Conference August 10, 2004 Leavenworth, WA
Rosetta IP Management
Presented by Gabrielle Campbell
Rosetta Developers Conference
August 10, 2004
Leavenworth, WA

2. Agenda UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures Rights management
Software licensing to date
Rosetta Commons
Future licensing options

3. UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures
Licensing with a project-centric focus; manage and distribute information assets:
software and software patents
databases
webpages
content
6 professional licensing staff
$3.6 M generated FY 2003

4. 2G Tech Transfer Project-focused Relationship-oriented
Build network through widespread adoption – academic and commercial licensing
Leading to validation, collaborations, research funding

5. Digital Ventures Matches Project Goals with Proven Models
Share research
materials with
colleagues
Get standardized
data
Generate
revenue to
support research
Start a company
GOALS
Permission to use
Site licensing &
direct licensing
Technology
Access Program
(TAP)
Create a start-up
MODELS

6. Blueprint for success Manage rights for UW Participants
Manage intellectual property rights and responsibilities for UW participants
Manage rights for Non-UW participants
Manage intellectual property rights with non-UW participants
Manage arrangements with external parties
Do they understand what they can and cannot do with your material?

7. Important Questions about Code
Have any externally-created libraries been used?
What are the permissions for external code incorporated? What are the license terms?
Who has contributed to the code and when? Under what funding?
How are you tracking these issues?

8. 200 academic licenses in 25 countries

9. Commercial Licenses 2004 4 commercial site licenses
Large biopharmaceutical companies
Evaluating software for possible enterprise use and additional code licensing
License fees back into lab budget for annual meeting and additional cost recovery

10. Rosetta Commons
Multi-institutional collaborative approach to developing software
Challenges institutional status quo
Accelerated innovation and adoption
Centralized IP management

11. Rights within Commons “Commons” members “Non-Commons” users
Perform, display, copy, modify, contribute back to Commons for distribution-CVS
If not utilized in ‘official release’, reverts back to individual institution for licensing
“Non-Commons” users
-Perform, display, modify
NO DISTRIBUTION, NO CONTRIBUTION

12. Licensing Concerns User Interface/Friendliness
Support available for users
Updates
Licensing model – direct to end-user, distributor, and/or start-up
Annual vs. Upfront & yearly support and updates

13. Future Licensing
Identify codes for official release to academic and commercial users
Work with Digital Ventures to identify contributors and develop licensing plan
Educational seminars for users
Technology access programs – corporate partners which want access to new software first

14. Questions? Gabrielle Campbell Software Technology Manager
UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures
(206)