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Monthly Archives: January 2018
The National Patent Planning Commission argument for government-created private patent monopolies, 3
The National Patent Planning Commission quotes administration officials repeating this same argument. Here’s the Under Secretary of Agriculture (1941): The commercial exploitation of new inventions requires, in many cases, the expenditure of large sums of money. In such a case, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Innovation, Policy
Tagged invention, National Patent Planning Commission, patent, pharma, Vannevar Bush
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The National Patent Planning Commission argument for government-created private patent monopolies, 2
We are looking at the National Patent Planning Commission argument that the government should be permitted to grant exclusive patent licenses on inventions that it acquires. The basic position is that it is a good thing that the government should … Continue reading
Posted in History, Innovation, Policy
Tagged Archie Palmer, National Patent Planning Commission, patents, university research
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The National Patent Planning Commission argument for government-created private patent monopolies, 1
I have been working through reports from the mid 1940s on government ownership of patents. There are a number of arguments against government exploitation of patents, but these arguments clearly failed. What arguments won out? Here’s one, from the National … Continue reading
Posted in History, Innovation, Policy
Tagged National Patent Planning Commission, open source, PARC, patent, Richard White, Steven Johnson
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Optimism for a New Year
It’s a whole new year, rather than just December 32. In 2017, Research Enterprise published over 250 articles on various aspects of invention policy and innovation, with lots of attention on the Bayh-Dole Act and on universities that cannot seem … Continue reading