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As universities become more involved with industry through research and license agreements, and with the change of character of product liability, particularly its becoming a potentially catastrophic event, universities are taking a hard look at product-liability insurance. A brief survey shows universities in three distinct groups in their handling of the issue in their licensing agreements. State schools feel protected and do not generally consider it essential, foundations are more cautious, and private universities are very concerned and require it except in specific cases. Some approaches to the problem are proposed.
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Previously he was head of the Chemistry Department at Simon Boliver University and director of a university-based industrial research institute. Bertha has also been a research chemist at Dupont Corp. He has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry form Florida State University.
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Bertha, S.L. The product-liability-insurance issue in university licensing agreements. J Technol Transfer 16, 20–23 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371352
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371352