News & emerging opportunities
People ask ITTI : Instead of vaccine research, should we be spending our money on existing drugs to treat people who are already sick?
ITTI takes seriously the statement of Dr. Seth Berkley, Professor of Public Health at Columbia University and founder of the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a public/private partnership.
For every two people we put on treatment worldwide, there are five new infections. The epidemic is still outpacing our ability to deal with it. The world is spending $50 billion on fighting AIDS right now. If the epidemic goes on, that could go as high as $80 billion or $90 billion. That kind of money is not sustainable over the long term, yet you can’t start treating people and then stop. We need a long-term solution.
Dateline September 2009: Prof. Kowalski speaks at Europe Asia Patent and Patent Information Conference 2009:"Building Business Success with IP"
Dateline July 2009: Prof. Kowalski & Ilan Servadio Meet in Washington with CAFC Judges, Departments of State, Commerce, USAID and World Bank
Left to Right: Ilan Servadio, Judge Pauline Newman, Pierce alum Emily Johnson and Prof. Kowalski
Left to Right: Ilan Servadio, Judge Randall Rader and Prof. Kowalski
The ITTI team spent a week forging linkages with various departments of the U.S. Federal Government to advance innovation and knowledge resource capabilities in developing countries
Incoming Fall 2009 Clinic Reaches all Time High Enrollment
Prof. Kowalski reports high levels of student interest in participating in both the ITTI Patent Landscape and Global Innovation Development Clinics
A sampling of the types of projects the Clinics works on include:
- patent landscape dealing with lifesaving HIV adjuvant vaccines
- preliminary discussions towards building IP management and technology transfer capacity in Colombia, to advance innovation in that country
- forging linkages with various departments of the U.S. Federal Government to advance innovation and knowledge resource capabilities in developing countries
- develop strategies and propose options for advancing innovation and foster sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa
- analyzing global IP regimes that will impact access, research and development of natural resources critical for the next generation of biofuels
- assembling detailed reports on innovative developing countries in order to formulate strategic options for advancing IP, tech transfer and innovation
- assisting WIPO with its Global IP Development Agenda
- writing several "think books" on university innovation and technology transfer in China and India, especially the applicability of the Bayh-Dole Act model.
