Universities, regions, and governments all over the world have become interested in university technology transfer … because transferring the knowledge from basic research to industry is seen to be a key to developing an innovation economy …

success of the invention. Prize-oriented institutions thus appear to be less systematic and not as market-oriented as patent …Such institutions as patent systems cannot be well understood without an assessment of technological creativity in …. Accordingly, this paper offers an empirical comparison of patents in relation to the award of prizes for technological innovation …

Development of any kind is always linked to one kind of innovation or the other. In fact, it is posted that the … abolition of slave trade in Europe at the time was due to the impact of patent. For a country like Nigeria to develop in all … fours, there is an urgent need to have a vibrant patent system and a strong protective regime. This paper intends to look at …