Commercialization Policy

The 深夜福利站 Technology Transfer Office is committed to supporting the commercialization of research innovations developed at 深夜福利站. Our commercialization policy is guided by a desire to:

  • Deliver tangible benefits to Ontario and Canada;
  • Stenghten London's local innovation ecosystem;
  • Enhance quality of life through impactful research;
  • Reward inventors and researchers for their contributions;
  • Encourage entrepreneurship among students and postdoctoral fellows;
  • Secure a financial advantage for the institution to supplement our schools, units, and departments;
  • Foster long-term relationships with sponsors, partners, licensees, and receptors.

This framework guides how we manage, protect, and commercialize intellectual property developed at 深夜福利站.

Commitment to the Management and Protection of Intellectual Property

深夜福利站 is dedicated to the responsible management and protection of intellectual property to maximize knowledge mobilization and technology transfer. Our policy is outlined in the Procedures for Commercialization of Intellectual Property (related to MAPP Policy 7.16 – Intellectual Property).

1.0 By University

1.1 Creator(s) may assign their rights in any Creator-owned Intellectual Property to the University if the Creator(s) of said Intellectual Property wish for the University to take full responsibility for the legal protection and/or commercialization of said Intellectual Property and if the University desires assignment. The University reserves the right to conduct any prudent assessment, commercial or otherwise, of the Intellectual Property before deciding whether to accept the assignment.

1.2 Where the University owns or has been assigned rights in Intellectual Property, it will consider assigning or reassigning those rights to the Creator(s), provided it is satisfied that doing so is in the best interests of the University and the Creator(s).

1.3 Net Revenue will be shared between the University and the Intellectual Property Creator(s) according to the following mechanism:

  1. Any Net Revenue from licensing of non-copyright material (including software) will be shared equally between the University and the Intellectual Property Creator(s).
  2. Any Net Revenue from licensing of copyright material (excluding software) will be shared as agreed upon between the University and the Intellectual Property Creator(s)
  3. Any Net Revenue from the equity in a spin-off company will be shared equally between the University and the Intellectual Property Creator(s).

2.0 By Creator

2.1 Prior to assignment to the University or after reassignment from the University, a Creator may elect to proceed with the commercialization of Creator-owned Intellectual Property at their own expense.

2.2 Net Revenue will be shared between the University and the Intellectual Property Creator(s) according to the following mechanism:

  1. Any Net Revenue from licensing non-copyright material or equity in a spin-off company will be shared 85% to the Intellectual Property Creator(s) and 15% to the University.
  2. Any Net Revenue from licensing of software will be shared 93% to the Intellectual Property Creator(s) and 7% to the University unless said software was not created with significant use of University resources, in which case Net Revenue will be shared 97% to the Intellectual Property Creator(s) and 3% to the University.

Defined Roles and Responsibilities

深夜福利站

深夜福利站 facilitates commercialization through a collaborative six-step process involving inventors and institutional resources. Once an invention is deemed commercially viable, a formal agreement is established between the university and the inventor to define roles, protect the IP, and seek appropriate commercialization partners.

If the invention has been identified as suitable for commercialization, a legal document will be signed to establish the working relationship between the inventor and the institution. In this relationship, our commitment is to protect the IP and search for appropriate partners with the necessary expertise, resources, and business networks to push the technology toward additional development on the commercialization pathway.

Researcher/Inventor

Inventors must:

  • Submit an Invention Disclosure Form for novel, commercially relevant findings;
  • Participate in the patent process, including agent communication and draft review;
  • Support industry engagement, including presenting research to potential licensees or collaborators

Effective commercialization results from strong collaboration between inventors and 深夜福利站 Technology Transfer Office licensing professionals.

Increasing IP Capacity through IP Education and Awareness Resources

深夜福利站 Technology Transfer Office offers education programs to help build intellectual property literacy and commercialization readiness across campus. These initiatives include webinars, workshops, networking, and project-based experiences.

Featured Programs

Invention Disclosure Policy

The invention disclosure policies that guide 深夜福利站’s activities with respect to IP protection and commercialization opportunities can be found in the following links:

  • (July 2022)
  •  (April 2018)

Net Benefit to Ontarians

The commercialization activities of 深夜福利站 are based on guiding principles of net benefit to Ontario, Canada, and global citizenship. Faculty, staff, or students should disclose an invention to 深夜福利站 if they believe their research could be commercialized for public use and benefit. Inventions from academia are typically in the early stages of development and require significant investment before bringing a product to market. Intellectual property protection often provides the necessary incentive for a company to pursue such a project.

深夜福利站 will assess whether to begin the legal protection process and work to identify outside development partners. In commercializing technologies with a net benefit to Ontario and Canada, the following framework is considered:

  1. Providing non-commercial license for research purposes
  2. Knowledge mobilization
  3. Ontario-based investment and growth

Guidance for Relevant Stakeholders Regarding Insitutional Engagement with the Innovation Ecosystem

Partnering enables us to leverage expertise and resources that complement our mandate and achieve a higher level of impact. 深夜福利站 Works with its partners and collaborators to accelerate commercialization by connecting the institution with various organizations within the region to broaden the entrepreneurial ecosystem for our faculty, staff and students.

1.0 Government – Provincial and Federal

Federally, we support our innovators in their research applications for standard tri-council and other funding sources as required, along with any applications for funding that supports technology development and commercialization, including NSERC-I2I, NSERC-Lab2Market; and NSERC-Alliance; CIHR-project grant (commercialization stream), and NRC-IRAP. In addition, we ensure our innovators connect with any relevant Federal programs through Innovative Solutions Canada or other programs (Mitacs, FedDev, Trade Commissioner Services, etc.).

Provincially, we support our innovator’s applications where appropriate to the Ontario Research Fund, Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), Ontario Brain Institute (OBI), Ontario Genomics, CCRM, CDRD, CIMTEC and FACIT (OICR).

2.0 Regional Entrepreneurship organization

Our partners include BioNext, 深夜福利站’s new MedTech Incubator, 深夜福利站 Morrisette Entrepreneurship (startup incubator and programming), The 深夜福利站 Research Parks, Tech-Alliance London’s regional innovation centre and the London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC).

In addition, we support our innovator’s interactions with other members of the regional innovation ecosystem and incubators (e.g., Velocity – Waterloo, MIX – Waterloo, Synapse – Hamilton, CDL – UToronto, H2i – UToronto, DMZ – Ryerson University, Forest City Synbio – London and OBIO), and funders (SWO-Angels, Equation Angels, Keiretsu Forum, along with the regional venture capital organizations).