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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 8
How has the University of Missouri gone from a remarkably sensible and readable policy in 1956 to a grasping, scheming, convoluted, and at times incomprehensibly bombastic policy now? And why is it that university administrators insist that their policies give … Continue reading
University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 7
We have thus far established the conditions upon which the University of Missouri patent policy asserts an ownership position for the university in inventions made by employees. For the claim to be made, an invention must meet either condition (1) … Continue reading
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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 6
Now let’s consider the procedures by which an invention made by an employee (or non-employee, as the case may be) of the University of Missouri is to be reported. The university’s patent policy has changed over time. The original idea … Continue reading
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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 5
The distinction in the University of Missouri patent policy between the broad scope of activities that a faculty member might properly undertake in the freedom of the university and the narrow scope of claims under which the university by policy … Continue reading
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The Purpose of Economic Life is Us
There is an order in the open-ended drift by which economic life develops and expands, but it is not the order of “challenge” and “response” to be found in military thinking or in Toynbee’s idea that civilizations die because they … Continue reading
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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 4
Let’s look next at academic freedom in the University of Missouri’s Collected Rules and Regulations, 310.010, “Academic Freedom and Economic Security of Academic Staff.” Academic freedom and tenure are placed in a single policy statement. We start with a statement … Continue reading
University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 3
But there’s more, of course. Under University of Missouri policy, faculty are not ordinary employees. The Collected Rules and Regulations call out faculty for special treatment. Here’s a concise statement of this fact from a policy on an employee’s ability … Continue reading
University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 2
We are considering this statement by the University Missouri in its information for inventors: MU owns all intellectual property created utilizing University facilities by an employee or student of the University of Missouri. If we turn to the University of … Continue reading
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University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 1
From time to time I still use my old Garmin GPS. I downloaded the directions voice for Australia because I rather like the accent. I call the voice “Nigel.” But I live now in Washington state–commonly abbreviated “WA,” rather than … Continue reading
A tale told by an, er, a patent broker
I’ve called Bayh-Dole a monster, a love monster, a dismal failure–and it is all these things. Bayh-Dole was created by patent brokers, not university inventors. The patent broker vision of the innovation world is a fairy tale. In this tale, … Continue reading
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