Intellectual Property/Technology Transfer

OGC attorneys provide legal advice on the management and licensing of  MIT’s intellectual property (including inventions, software, copyrighted material, patents and trademarks) created by students, faculty, non-faculty, visitors and others in the MIT community.  Additionally, OGC attorneys provide advice to the Technology Licensing Office (TLO) on technology transfer activities including advice regarding complex licenses and agreements granting permissions to share materials for research uses, on issues of licensee noncompliance, uses of technology developed at MIT, software usage and protection, dispute resolution and other matters.