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Author Archives: Gerald Barnett
We could use better guidance on Bayh-Dole
I like how Eric Guttag goes after legal ideas. I appreciate the way he digs into things, and his willingness to acknowledge when he needs to change his point of view. Some time ago, he posted an excellent discussion of … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Present Assignment, Stanford v Roche
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AUTM, the clueless inventor-loathing organization
. . . AUTM, of course, is already opposed, using their usual argument that everyone else is a stupid idiot and only AUTM has the intellectual capacity to navigate such “incredibly complex and nuanced matter.” {/vent} AUTM is the organization, … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Innovation, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged AUTM, clueless, loathing
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AAUP on University-Industry Relationships
The AAUP has released a working draft of a set of principles for university-industry relationships. The text lays out a set of recommendations with regard to intellectual property, research contracting and strategic partnerships, and conflict of interest. The AAUP is … Continue reading
Posted in IP, Policy, Sponsored Research
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Berlin contracts and Bayh-Dole
Germany has produced its own version of template agreements for research between universities and industry, called the “Berlin contracts.” There is even an English translation that makes for interesting reading. German law is also interesting because in addition to patent … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Commons, Sponsored Research, Technology Transfer
Tagged Bayh-Dole, Berlin contracts, EIA, employee inventors, German
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Invention use or patent use, which will it be?
A while back I looked at the Lambert agreements. These are model agreements developed in the UK that aim to normalize research arrangements between universities and companies. My review of them argued that they were a bit sloppy and inconsistent, … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Commons, Policy, Sponsored Research, Technology Transfer
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IP Governance or IP Management?
After Bayh-Dole was passed, university administrators got the idea that universities had to have policy statements to claim ownership of inventions to comply with Bayh-Dole. The idea was that “elect to retain title” meant “elect title” which meant “title vests … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Policy, Stanford v Roche, Technology Transfer
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Reef or Trench? University research and open access to results
There is a petition on-line asking the President to require the posting of “published results” of federally funded research on-line for public access. A story about it is here. The effort is led by John Wilbanks, who previously led Science … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, Innovation, Policy, Technology Transfer
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Coolangatta IP
Traditional knowledge encompasses the information possessed and developed within a community. Such knowledge arises and is used to inform the activities of the community–it is “traditional” in this way. The authors of a AAAS handbook, in a discussion of TK, … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, History, Policy, Social Science, Technology Transfer
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More Evidence in the Wild
Here is another example in the wild of the mischaracterization of Bayh-Dole. This is a document that offers a “Brief Guide to Intellectual Property in a University Context”. My point is to document how Bayh-Dole has been represented by university … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, IP, Policy, Stanford v Roche
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The BioBrick BPA and Group Dynamics
The BioBricks Foundation supports a repository of “parts” for use in synthetic biology. It has implemented an interesting two-part arrangement called the BioBrick Public Agreement or BPA. This agreement aims to manage the interests of contributors and users of the … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Commons, Policy, Present Assignment, Technology Transfer
Tagged BioBricks, open strategies, Rosetta Commons
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