Mei-lan Stark, senior vice president Intellectual Property, Fox Entertainment Group, and the 2014 INTA President and Chair of its Board of Directors, discusses the value of intellectual property.

Universities are increasingly expected to play a crucial role in innovation and this includes streamlining technology transfer. The success of tech transfer is, in important respects, a function of university resources, which are unevenly distributed across regions and states. Innovation drives economic growth; but, if the university system remains vastly unequal, will innovation reduce inequality?

Our regular academic commentators write that the number of high-technology ventures that undertake international business from an early stage is increasingly growing worldwide.

A BDD can make a real contribution and represent excellent value for money; they are often worth two or more 'specialists' due to their expertise in various disciplines. As with any senior appointment, time and effort spent on appointing the right person will reap dividends.