Author Archives: Gerald Barnett

University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 15

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

In Bayh-Dole, the definition of “subject invention” is not a matter of defining a term in a federal contract. Bayh-Dole is part of federal patent law, so “subject invention” is a definition of patent law. A subject invention is a … Continue reading →

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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 14

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The use of “subject invention” in federal contracting goes back to at least as early as 1947, when the military used “subject invention” in research contracts. Here’s an instance from a Navy contract (quoted in Mine Safety Appliances Company v. … Continue reading →

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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 13

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

In the Institutional Patent Agreement program operated by the NIH, the “conception or first actual reduction to practice” scope gets changed from being only about the scope of what the government does not have to compensate a patent owner for … Continue reading →

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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 12

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Hah–thought I was out of Misery articles? No, not at all. We have a few more! The distinction between conception and reduction to practice becomes important in university patent policies such as the University of Missouri’s because university administrators attempt … Continue reading →

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At least repeal Bayh-Dole for everything other than pharmaceuticals

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

No other industry writes fakographics about the glories of Bayh-Dole. Only pharma. No-one in university research writes fakographics about the glories of Bayh-Dole. Only patent bureaucrats and their stooges in front organizations like AUTM, COGR, AAU, and APLU. Oh, maybe … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole, the rotten law for rotten bureaucrats

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

You know something has to be rotten with Bayh-Dole when: university administrators never cite the law even close to correctly the statistics used to champion the law are fake and deceptive all reports of invention utilization are government secrets university … Continue reading →

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Kill Bayh-Dole

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The Bayh-Dole desperation continues. Now Bio has released its very own fakographic, citing impressive-sounding numbers with no foundation in fact, a fake history that exists in the minds of a few pundits, and perpetuates a fraud on the public that … Continue reading →

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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 11

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The introduction of a goofball definition of “invention” into the University of Missouri’s patent policy has a real effect: it transforms the scope of the policy text–especially at D.1 (inventions claimed by the university) and at D.2 (inventions that must … Continue reading →

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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 10

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Darned! We have not yet dealt with the promised interrelationship between conception and actual reduction to practice as promised by Footnote 1 of the University of Missouri’s patent policy. It’s rather simple, generally, for a university patent policy that wants … Continue reading →

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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 9

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

If the University of Missouri patent policy were aiming to provide helpful information to university personnel at a loss to understand what patents are, that would be one thing. In that case, the policy would not need to define invention … Continue reading →

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