Category Archives: Bayh-Dole

The Legal Context of University IP, Part 1 Revisited

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

In 2010, the National Academies and the National Research Council published a commissioned a report–The Legal Context of University Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer by Sean O’Connor, Gregory D. Graff, and David E. Winickoff. The report lists 45 findings and expands … Continue reading →

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More problems with the wild success of Bayh-Dole

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

There are plenty of jewels in Gene Quinn’s recent opinion piece. Perhaps the readers at IP Watchdog are all true believers in Bayh-Dole, so Mr. Quinn does not feel much need to work hard at what he writes. Here at Research … Continue reading →

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F-B-D.

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

Gene Quinn’s opinion piece got me thinking some more about how Bayh-Dole really must go. I agree with Quinn’s analysis of some critics of Bayh-Dole. The criticisms Mr. Quinn criticizes are indeed silly. There are much more damning weaknesses in … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole is a dismal failure. Here’s why.

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

At IP Watchdog, Gene Quinn has published an opinion piece on the virtues of the Bayh-Dole Act–“Patent policy is just too important for subterfuge and academic folly.” The impression he leaves is that anyone critical of Bayh-Dole is irrational, teaching … Continue reading →

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Complexity that serves the intermediaries

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

In a recent article in Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis discusses the premise behind Flash Boys. Lewis argues that the stock market had become “complicated beyond belief.” Flash Boys chronicles the efforts of a group of traders to figure out what … Continue reading →

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The Cork in the Keg: Open Source Software Complies with Bayh-Dole But University Invention Practice Often Does Not

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

Over on Daniel S. Katz’s blog there’s a discussion of university policies and open source software. The issue of Bayh-Dole came up, and I provided a comment there. I’m reposting here, with links and a few typos and awkwardnesses fixed. The … Continue reading →

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Nolo Can’t Get Either Bayh-Dole or Stanford v Roche Right

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

I have always liked Nolo Press publications. They are usually well written, easy to read, and affordable. But here’s a bit from Nolo’s “Legal Encyclopedia” doing a number on Bayh-Dole–and this is after Stanford v Roche, because they manage to … Continue reading →

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Be True to the Mission, Not to the Apparatus

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

Col. John Boyd was, at one time, America’s best fighter pilot. He could out-maneuver any pilot flying, he could teach pilots to fly, and after earning an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, knew more about the dynamics of jet fighters … Continue reading →

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How we got here, in twelve chapters, 5

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

5. Further Implications of the Faux Bayh-Dole Act The rise of the faux Bayh-Dole Act led university administrators with low status suddenly to see a way to acquire substantial power, using a claim that federal law gave them a mandate to take … Continue reading →

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How we got here in twelve chapters, 4

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Gerald Barnett

[I really do have the outline for the other 8 chapters! I just need to get back to pulling the explanatory text together] 4. Bayh-Dole the Killer The Bayh-Dole Act is passed in 1980 on the premise that doing so … Continue reading →

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