Mr. Teemu Seppälä and his colleague Mr. Antti Aarnio executed an interview survey that resulted in the report Technology Transfer and IPRmanagement in SA Universities in December 2008, which is downloadable from Cooperation Framework on Innovation Systems between Finland and South Africa (COFISA)’s webpages (http://www.Cooperation Framework on Innovation Systems between Finland and South Africa (COFISA).org.za/). The main finding was that TT is quite a new function in South African universities, while TT skills varied greatly by institution: some had experts with decades of experience and some were new and had limited resources. According to the findings, the phases and essentials of the TT process in SA universities