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Repeal or reform Bayh-Dole?
It seems repealing is the activity of the moment when it comes to health care insurance, but it’s not at all clear that the replacement law will do much for the price of prescription drugs. And the problem is not … Continue reading
Geez, folks, figure it out. Bayh-Dole’s purpose is high drug prices.
In 1992, Howard Bremer gave a talk to a Texas technology transfer group in which he recounted his involvement in the creation of the Bayh-Dole Act. Two comments stand out. First, Bremer made it clear that the federal government had … Continue reading
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CRISPR and Bayh-Dole
Michael Eisen has an insightful discussion on his It is NOT Junk site on the CRISPR patent dispute between the University of California and the Broad Institute (Harvard, MIT). It is well worth the read. Behind the discussion lurks the … Continue reading
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Government Interest Patent Activity 1976 to 2016, Part 4
In a portfolio model, 1 invention in 200 becoming a commercial product is acceptable, if the 1 is a big hit. In an agent model, 1 in 200 is unacceptable and borders on malpractice or fraud unless inventors willingly turn … Continue reading
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Government Interest Patent Activity 1976 to 2016, Part 3
With this context, let’s return to our patent activity graphs. University and nonprofit patents with a government interest have grown from 10% of all patents citing a government interest to over 50%. This level of activity leveled off around 1998 … Continue reading
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Government Interest Patent Activity 1976 to 2016, Part 2
Let’s turn to Research Corporation now. For decades, Research Corporation was the dominant invention management broker for universities. Even where universities created research foundations to manage inventions, those foundations often contracted with Research Corporation to do the actual patent work. … Continue reading
Government Interest Patent Activity 1976 to 2016, Part 1
I ran some patent numbers over the past week using the USPTO web search interface. It’s not the easiest search environment to use, and I don’t expect the numbers to be precise. But I expect the numbers are accurate enough to … Continue reading
On Exclusive Licenses For Research Technology
Here’s a response I wrote for a research team that is working through issues regarding the licensing of their inventive technology. The team is spread across multiple institutions in multiple countries, working on an enabling technology in medical engineering. ***** The … Continue reading
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MoFo’s New Bayh-Dole Fakefographic
Morrison & Foerster, a big law firm (revenue near $1b per year, around 1,000 attorneys), has an infographic out about the Bayh-Dole Act, subtitled “5 Steps to Retain Title.” Here’s a bit of their advice–steps 1 to 3. It looks … Continue reading
Bayh-Dole’s Mandate to Break-up Patent Monopolies on Subject Inventions
In the past few months, I have spent a good deal of time on the Bayh-Dole Act. One of the great challenges of dealing with Bayh-Dole is to get past what university patent brokers say the law “is” and get … Continue reading