May 10, 2012

The Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH, the central patent and marketing agency of 28 Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences, will present the very latest inventions from life science research to representatives of the pharma, biotech, and VC sectors on May 15th in Munich. The patented and licensable inventions include, for example, a new marker for detecting bladder cancer and a process for the reactivation of epigenetically-silenced genes.

April 17, 2012

The European Patent Office has recently issued an EP Patent covering an antibody-technology directed against Toll-like Receptor TLR2, which was developed at the Technische Universität München (TUM) and Amgen. The issuance of the patent, which has been licensed exclusively to the drug development company Opsona Therapeutics, has triggered a milestone payment for the university, Amgen and the inventors. This is the 3rd payment generated by the technology, which is aimed at treating inflammatory diseases. The Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH, the patent and marketing agency for 28 Bavarian universities, represented TUM in the licensing negotiations.

Febraury 28, 2012

The Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH, the central patent and marketing agency for 28 Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences, has licensed a number of inventions from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) to ethris GmbH, an up-and-coming biotechnology company. The inventions provide a basis for the development of innovative nucleic acid pharmaceuticals and for magnetic field-driven active substance transport.

Febraury 15, 2012

The Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH, the central patent and marketing agency for 28 Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences, will now also exclusively market selected inventions from several Japanese universities located in Kansai area and Kyusyu area in Germany. At the same time selected Bavarian inventions are being offered to the Japanese industry by Kansai TLO Co., Ltd., the technology licensing organisation of the Japanese universities.

November 10, 2011

The Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH, the central patent and marketing agency for 28 Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences, will from now on manage the proprietary protection and the marketing of the inventions of the Universität der Bundeswehr München.