Seven documents frame university management of inventions:
- Cottrell, The Research Corporation, an Experiment in Public Administration of Patent Rights (1912)
- Bush, Science the Endless Frontier (1945)
- Palmer, Survey of University Patent Policies (multiple editions from 1948 to 1962)
- Kennedy, Statement of Government Patent Policy (1963)
- Latker, Institutional Patent Agreement (1968)
- Latker, The Bayh-Dole Act (1980)
- U.S. Supreme Court, Stanford v Roche (2011)
There is much more to it, of course, but these are core.
Without being frivolous about it, arena rock also extensively discusses institutional patent policy:
- Beatles, With a Little Help From My Friends [invention management agents!]
- Trower, Bridge of Sighs [government invention review]
- Rush, The Trees [impose a uniform policy]
- Pretenders, Ohio [effect of uniform policy]
- Pink Floyd, Have a Cigar [it’s all about money and marketing]
- Eagles, Hotel California [can’t change things even if you want to]
- 38 Special, Hold on Loosely [what appears to work]
I expect you can think of more.