Program agenda:
- Strategies for commercializing data and evaluating whether your software algorithm or its application warrants a patent.
- How to de-risk your university software to help it transition to the market.
- Licensing strategies specific to software, data, AI, and ML applications.
- Real-world examples from university tech transfer offices of software innovations that made the jump from disclosure to successful ventures.
- Tactics and tips from venture studio experts on how to elevate your software’s appeal to investors and licensees, including insights into the markers of investability and how best to position your technology as a must-have asset in the competitive marketplace.
This session is more than a learning opportunity — it’s a strategic playbook designed to propel your software innovations from desktop to market with unparalleled success.
Commercializing a new software product in the fast-moving IT marketplace is fraught with challenges that are different than those typically encountered with other university technologies. IP protection, market and investment dynamics, development timelines, and licensing terms all must be viewed through a different lens by TTOs and their innovators.
TechPipeline has secured a software commercialization “dynamic duo” to guide you on a journey through the evolving commercialization landscape surrounding software IP. They will delve deep into the mechanisms and strategies involved in transforming protected software into commercial success, while offering best practices for drafting license agreements, attracting investment, and conducting stage gate analysis. In addition, they’ll present case studies to illustrate how these strategies can be applied in the real world.
Please join Duke University’s Daniel Dardani, CLP, and Taylor Bench from Summit Venture Studio for this 90-minute, intensive program and get the tools needed to advance your software innovations through the commercialization process.
Free Patent, Grant and Market Landscape Analysis
Summit Venture Studio (summitventurestudio.com) has agreed to provide a free software opportunity analysis. This report will include a:
- High level patent landscape analysis
- High level grant award analysis
- Market analysis and landscape
- List of competitors and potential collaborators
To get your report please gather as much of the following information you have and send it to the Summit Venture Studio (SVS) Discover team. SVS is willing to sign a CDA/NDA if required. The more information you share with SVS the better the report will be.
- Invention Disclosure Form (whatever you use to gather information from the inventor)
- Pitch Deck/ Presentation (If available)
- Research articles related to invention (if available)
- Published articles by inventor (if available)
- Videos or product explanations (if provided)
- Demo videos or demo accounts (with login access)
