Eagan Named STOR Associate Licensing Manager

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Esther G. Eagan has been named associate licensing manager for the Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) at the University at Buffalo.

Eagan will focus on technology commercialization with primary responsibility for developing option and license agreements with industry. She will work with STOR commercialization managers and UB faculty members to prepare confidentiality and material transfer agreements to support research collaborations and technology transfer opportunities between UB and industry. She also will apply her technical and intellectual property background to the assessment of new technology disclosures.

"Esther's breadth of experience in science, intellectual property and licensing will strengthen our commercialization efforts and will help us develop practices that ensure a smooth transition of technology from the lab to the marketplace," said Jeff Dunbar, director of the Intellectual Property Division of STOR.

"Her clients include licensors and licensees, independent inventors, large and small corporations and educational institutions, which affords Esther a comprehensive view of intellectual property and licensing practice."

Eagan previously was an associate with Phillips Lytle, LLP, where she supported clients in patent, trademark and copyright counseling, domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, enforcement and litigation with emphasis on biotechnology and life science inventions. She also has previous experience as an intellectual property graduate assistant with STOR and as research assistant at the University of Mississippi department of psychiatry.

Eagan earned a bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Rochester and a master of science degree from UB's Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division. She received her law degree from the UB Law School with concentrations in technology and intellectual property law.

She is a resident of Buffalo.