EDITOR, - I was most interested in the article by Tom O'Dowd and Nick Bourne about their experience in technology transfer from university to industry.1 They failed to mention how they handle the problems of indemnity against product liability and proof of intellectual property rights and how they and their industrial partners share this. It would be most helpful if they could give us the benefit of their experience on these issues. 1. 1.↵1. O'Dowd TC, 2. Bourne N . Inventing a new diagnostic test for vaginal infection BMJ 1994;309:40-2. (2 July.) [OpenUrl][1][FREE Full Text][2] # Authors' reply {#article-title-3} EDITOR, - We agree with Peter Sonksen that universities need to make sure that they have their act together … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DBMJ%26rft.stitle%253DBMJ%26rft.issn%253D0007-1447%26rft.aulast%253DO%2527Dowd%26rft.auinit1%253DT%2BC%26rft.volume%253D309%26rft.issue%253D6946%26rft.spage%253D40%26rft.epage%253D42%26rft.atitle%253DInventing%2Ba%2Bnew%2Bdiagnostic%2Btest%2Bfor%2Bvaginal%2Binfection%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F8044068%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/ijlink?linkType=FULL&journalCode=bmj&resid=309/6946/40&atom=%2Fbmj%2F309%2F6953%2F540.3.atom