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DOJ Clears University Technology Licensing Program, One Member of Which Separately Launches Litigation over “Cobots”
Patent Market, Patent Watch
On January 13, 2021, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a favorable business review letter at the request of the nascent University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP), indicating that its review has concluded that the proposed UTLP is “unlikely to harm competition” and that the DOJ has “no present intention to challenge the program”. Two days later, the 15 members announced the launch of UTLP's licensing program, outlining the technological areas in which it plans to initially pool patent assets: autonomous vehicles, Internet of Things (IoT), and “Big Data”. A couple of weeks later, one of the 15 founding UTLP members launched what appears to be the university’s first US litigation campaign in roughly two decades.
February 14, 2021