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Category Archives: Bozonet
University of Iowa’s patent policy claims reduced to simple terms
Restoring voluntary assignment for university inventors is the first step in reconditioning university invention management–and putting that management on a road of development consistent with university mores and roles. Voluntary assignment can be accomplished a number of ways. I will … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, Policy
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From provider to predator: University of Texas patent policy, Part 4
In 2005, BethLynn Maxwell, a patent attorney then in the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System, published a brief article on the Bayh-Dole Act, “Twenty-Five Years After Bayh-Dole” in the Office of … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
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From provider to predator: University of Texas patent policy, Part 3
In Part 2 of this series I compared the preambles of the 1977 and 1988 versions of the University of Texas System patent-cum-intellectual property policies. The 1946 policy was so straightforward that it did not need a preamble. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, History, Policy, Stanford v Roche
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From provider to predator: University of Texas patent policy, Part 2
In Part 1, we considered the 1946 University of Texas patent policy–clear, simple, smart–and the 1977 revision that grew more complicated but retained a focus on patents and the rights of inventors to decide whether to seek patents or just … Continue reading
From provider to predator: University of Texas patent policy, Part 1
I have previously looked at the University of Texas System intellectual property policy (“Texas wants you anyway“; “The most wonderful thing in the world“). I find myself drawn back to it again and again. In its 2012 version, the Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Policy
Tagged administrative brain, mandate of heaven, patent policy, predator, University of Texas
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Penn State’s Pscyhomagnotheric IP Policy
[I have restored some broken links–I will have to revisit to see how Penn State has dealt with its goofy policy drafting. 15 Nov 2022.] Four years ago, Penn State announced that it was adopting a new policy to allow industry … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Bozonet, Policy, Sponsored Research
Tagged employment, IP, Penn State, research
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FOIL Technology
A few years ago, the University of Washington claimed to have started a bunch of companies. I went through their lists of startups for two years and found they were making it all up. They claimed to have started 35 … Continue reading
Abstraction as an Obfuscating Drafting Technique in University Patent Policies
The Arizona Board of Regents intellectual property policy fails to state, simply, that the Board expects to own patentable inventions made by employees who have agreed to assign their inventions to the Board. Instead, the Board policy fusses around with … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, IP, Policy
Tagged Arizona State, holes, metonymy, NYU, obfuscation, policy, Washington University
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Dealing with Norming Myths
There’s a new study out at Future Internet that looks at how Wikipedia’s norms have developed over the years. In “The Evolution of Wikipedia’s Norm Network,” Bradi Heaberlin and Simon DeDeo examine Wikipedia’s form of governance and find it to … Continue reading
The University Dual Monopoly Patent Policy Goes to 11
The current approach to university IP management implemented throughout the United State involves a broad definition of what constitutes an “invention” or “intellectual property” a broad scope for who is required to comply with the policy a policy demand of … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Policy, Technology Transfer
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