Monthly Archives: May 2023

10 Ways Universities Deal in Patents

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Gerald Barnett

I have been thinking about how university technology transfer is depicted, versus how it actually happens. The depictions are something of a prophetic hope–inventions reported to the university’s licensing office will be evaluated for “commercial potential” and those that look … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole, Federal Agency Conflict of Interest, and the Covid Vaccines

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Gerald Barnett

Here is a recent video clip of an interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He asserts that it was known that HCQ and Ivermectin were effective in treating corona viruses by 2004. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that "We knew … Continue reading →

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Faculty Strategies for Getting Their IP Back, 2

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Gerald Barnett

Here are some strategies for getting IP back that don’t work or avoid IP ownership. (1) Don’t disclose an invention to the university, and file for a patent on your own. Your application will be published in a year or … Continue reading →

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Faculty Strategies for Getting Their IP Back

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Gerald Barnett

If you are a faculty member at an American university, you will get a lot of twisted advice from your university technology transfer office about intellectual property, Bayh-Dole, and patent policy. The advice (and descriptions about technology transfer) is mostly … Continue reading →

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