Monthly Archives: June 2011

Supreme Court rules on Bayh-Dole

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

From the Syllabus: Held: The Bayh-Dole Act does not automatically vest title to federally funded inventions in federal contractors or authorize contractors to unilaterally take title to such inventions. University faculty leadership now need to use this opportunity to reform … Continue reading →

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Is invent-for-hire coming to the US? Please, no.

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Section 118 of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: § 118. Filing by other than inventor A person to whom the inventor has assigned or is under an obligation to assign the invention may make … Continue reading →

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University "Commercialization" and "Commercialization Programs"

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

I argue that while new products on the market is a primary measure of commercialization, the critical metric for a university commercialization program is the number of unlicensed inventions that the university has claimed.   Every unlicensed invention acts to suppress … Continue reading →

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Cities of Innovation

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Geoffrey West in Edge 343 (WHY CITIES KEEP GROWING, CORPORATIONS AND PEOPLE ALWAYS DIE, AND LIFE GETS FASTER): “Well, Google is a bit of an exception, because it still tolerates some of that. But most companies start out probably with … Continue reading →

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