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Best practices in university invention management, 1
Things get complicated that don’t have to be complicated when it comes to university ownership of inventions. Administrators make things complicated, then argue for lots of money to pay for the talent to navigate those complications, and then more money … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Bozonet, Freedom, Policy, Stanford v Roche, Technology Transfer
Tagged invention, ipHandbook, ownership, policy
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Bayh-Dole Basics, 1: public covenant
The Bayh-Dole Act is part of federal patent law. Bayh-Dole establishes a policy (35 USC 200) regarding the use of the patent system for inventions arising in federally supported research or development. This policy establishes the property rights in patents … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole
Tagged Bayh-Dole, policy, public covenant
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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 7
The start of this article is here: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 WARF’s Charter and Antitrust WARF’s charter was designed to prevent the University of Wisconsin from using its money for non-scientific research–social sciences, humanities, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Policy, Sponsored Research
Tagged antitrust, march-in, patent, policy, public covenant, scientific research, Steenbock, vitamin D, WARF
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To fix Bayh-Dole on reasonable pricing, why not start by enforcing the law?
I spent some time working through whether Bayh-Dole requires reasonable pricing. The simple answer is “No.” Of course, the simple answer isn’t very helpful, or accurate. Bayh-Dole does not require reasonable pricing by design of those drafting the bill. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole
Tagged Bayh-Dole, competition, IPA, march-in, policy, price, reasonable
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Bazooka or Squirt Gun?: Working through 35 USC 200
Bayh-Dole gets at monopoly pricing through patent law, not licensing restrictions. Bayh-Dole is a part of federal patent law, not federal procurement regulations. This was a big change from the prior practice, including the Institutional Patent Agreement program. Unlike the … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole
Tagged 35 USC 200, Bayh-Dole, covenant, march-in, policy, price, utilization
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The beating of Vannevar Bush will continue until productivity improves
Apparently it is popular in science policy to think that Vannevar Bush failed to have insights worth pursuing when it comes to science policy. Dan Sarewitz calls him a liar. Venkatesh Narayahnamurti and Toluwalogo Odumosu blame him for a distinction between … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Policy, Vannever Bush
Tagged freedom, policy, rules, science, Vannevar Bush
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Abstraction as an Obfuscating Drafting Technique in University Patent Policies
The Arizona Board of Regents intellectual property policy fails to state, simply, that the Board expects to own patentable inventions made by employees who have agreed to assign their inventions to the Board. Instead, the Board policy fusses around with … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, IP, Policy
Tagged Arizona State, holes, metonymy, NYU, obfuscation, policy, Washington University
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When to disclose inventions? Part I. Arizona State
Here is a basic question: When should university-based inventors disclose their inventions to the university administration? This is a remarkably difficult question. Is it when the invention is “made”? If so, what does it mean to “make” an invention? What … Continue reading
The University of Michigan Mess of an Old Patent Policy, Part IV
In a series of three articles (here, here, and here), I showed how the University of Michigan intellectual property policy apparatus managed–or didn’t manage–patents and copyrights. One problem is Regents Bylaw 3.10. The Bylaw sets out conditions under which it is … Continue reading
Five Motivators of University Patent Policy Madness
University patent policies are not what they seem, and are shaped by the exploitation of ideas that have nothing to do with inventiveness, creativity, entrepreneurship, public use, commercial development, investment, economic vitality, public welfare, or even university mission. All these … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged authority, compliance, conflict of interest, liability, money, non-compete, policy, trade secret, university
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