Universities and other public research organizations are increasingly protecting their inventions. The rise in university patenting has occurred against a broader policy framework aimed at fostering a greater interaction between public research and industry in order to increase the social and private returns from public support to R&D. Making universities and other public research organizations more active in protecting and exploiting their IP means not only actively promoting faculty and

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... t research, but also determining how best to pursue any relationship with business clients while protecting the public interest. The key question, however, is: which is the best channel for transferring the technology to the marketplace regarding to public interest? The current way research and innovation is handled by many Universities is not particularly likely to lead to success because. Privat sector become involved too late in the process and Universities do not get the market input that is essential prior to decided what basic research to translate into innovations. The key question, however, is: which is the best channel for transferring the technology to the marketplace regarding to public interest? It has been used a method of literature review of available sources exploring research studies and current website sources, where the experts' statements in this area are described, and a method of comparison and evaluation of their findings.