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Start Smart is an 8 week hands-on workshop designed for new and early stage Energy Entrepreneurs looking to delve into each phase of getting a new business or venture going - from developing a strong company concept to getting your presentation ready to pitch to investors for the first time.

The Start Smart Program is an interactive program in which 10-12 entrepreneurs spend an evening per week with first-class experts learning how to better form and grow their early stage business enterprises.

To see more information, January-February 2009 sessions schedule and to register visit

http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/startsmartcat.html.

Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts recently completed a license deal for a jointly-owned patent covering a diagnostic assay for breast cancer susceptibility, with a company that found the technology through the Mass Tech Portal.

If your institution has any deals that have arisen from the portal please share your good news with us! You can report your successes to Julia Goldberg at jgoldberg@umassp.edu.

The information presented at the 01/22/08 MATTO seminar:

• “Submit less, say more:  the proposed new IDS rules.” by Isabelle M. Clauss, Foley Hoag LLP
• “Beyond KSR: What is Obvious Today?” by J. Peter Fasse, Fish & Richardson P.C.
• “Will the Rules Rise Again?” by Faustino A. Lichauco, Fish & Richardson P.C.

are now available for download here.

MATTO is pleased to announce that it has finalized and approved a joint invention administration agreement (JIAA) format for use by all MATTO institutions.

The JIAA has been made possible by the efforts of Joyce Brinton working for MATTO, and the participation of the following MATTO institutions during its development: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston University, Brandeis University, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Joslin Diabetes Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts.

The JIAA is available for download here: 

MATTO JIAA Final

The information presented at the 07/25/07 MATTO seminar is now available for download here:
Assuring Fair Access in Licensing of University Technology by Lita Nelsen, Director of the Technology Licensing Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Apple Pie, Motherhood and Global Health byAshley J. Stevens, Director of the Office of Technology Development, Boston University