Technology transference in Ecuador:

Our services:
» Identification of potential technology providers.
» Identification of potential technology consumers.
» Search of available technologies in a specific field.
» Technical and legal assistance for technology negotiation.
» Technical analysis for technology transference and use of patent rights .
» Elaboration and/or checking of contracts of technology transference.
» Registration of know-how and other industrial secrets.
» Registrations of patents and trademarks.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES:

» Localization of technology holder.
We take charge of looking holder of technologies that satisfy the technological demands so you can reach an agreement that satisfies your managerial expectations.

» Search of available technologies in a certain field.
We put all the technologies developed in the technological sector of your interest at your disposal.

» Technical and legal attendance for the technology negotiation.
We advise you in the whole technical and legal aspects that allow you to carry out satisfactory transactions in the field of the transfer of technologies.

» Elaboration and/or revision of contracts of technology transfer.
We elaborate and/or revise contracts where technologies are transferred so the interests and intellectual property rights of our clients are respected.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS ON OF THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES.

The Transfer of technologies is defined as a complex process by means of which the technology flows of an entity to another that needs it and that implies a series of steps like:

a) the selection of the technology: consists on the identification of the technological necessities of the company that receives, and later the search of the information the more complete possible envelope the available technologies.

b) the negotiation of the technology: stage in the which once selected the technology the parts put in contact with the purpose of settling the conditions and the terms of the agreement.

c) the absorption or assimilation of the technology: stage in which the technology has already been acquired but this should be analyzed and dominated completely if wants to achieve the success of the transfer.

d) the adaptation of the technology: as the acquired technology was not created for the characteristics of the company that receives, neither for the conditions in those that this is unwrapped, should be promoted the changes so that the given technology is effective.

e) the reproduction of the technology: stage in which the company that receives has passed to apply the technology industrially.

f) introduction of improvements and innovations to the technology: it is the finishes stage inside the process and means that the company that receives dominate the technology demonstrating it with the creation of improvements and even of new technologies.

Inside the forms or more common roads of transferring technologies are:

a) cession: for license or for sale of the modalities of the Intellectual Property.

b) transmission of information and valuable technical knowledge, not protected by patents (know how).

c) all the modalities of technical attendance and technical services.

The previously mentioned roads are configured in the most diverse juridical agreements or contracts of transfers of technologies, inside those that stand out:

a) license of patents: agreement for the which the holder of the right grants to another person authorization so that exercises all or part of the patents rights for a time and for a territory.

b) licenses of trademarks: agreement for which the holder of a trademark registered authorizes at a third so that this explodes his trademark for a certain time and in a territory, under certain conditions and in exchange for a remuneration.

c) transmission of know how: agreement by virtue of the which is given a group of technical knowledge, not patented, confidential and valuable in exchange of economic benefit.

d) license of software.

e) contracts of franchising.

To calculate the value of a technology leaves of three fundamental aspects:

a) To analyze the antecedents of the market determined by the prices previous of similar technologies.

b) The Internal Rate of Return of the project.

c) To Adjust the value of the technology in function of approaches like quality and exclusivity, among other).

The forms more common of payment are:

a) Pay of a global sum.

b) Pay for Royalty.

c) Pay mixed.