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Category Archives: Bozonet
University Invention Management Policy Drift
In the olden days, when at least this part of the university world had not become captivated by a misrepresented Bayh-Dole Act, faculty were often expected to negotiate the IP provisions of sponsored research agreements, which often took on the … Continue reading
The University of Michigan’s Mess of a Copyright Policy, Part III
Part I of this series looked at the University of Michigan 1944 patent policy and its transmogrified afterlife as Regents Bylaw 3.10, and the strange Supplemental Appointment Information invention present assignment document that claims to derive from Bylaw 3.10. Part … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Freedom, IP, Policy, Present Assignment
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The University of Michigan’s Mess of a Technology Transfer Policy, Part II
In Part I of this series, we looked at the University of Michigan patent policy from 1944, which was still in effect in 1962, its unsettled relationship to the Board of Regents Bylaw 3.10, and a present assignment form last … Continue reading
The rise of “employee” as a means to pervert university IP policy
We live in a society dominated by the public stock corporation and the manner in which it engages work. It has only been since the late 19th century that the public stock corporation has come to have this role, though … Continue reading
When the pseudo-Bayh-Dole prophecy fails
In 1956, Leon Festinger and others published an account of a group in Chicago that believed that the world was about to be destroyed by a flood, but that those who took the appropriate actions would be rescued by a spaceship … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Policy, Social Science, Technology Transfer
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Voyage of the beagles
It’s not that I wanted to take a hiatus from posting ideas here at the Research Enterprise blog, but other writing tasks and various gusts of the life winds took me away from this forum. But I intend to be … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, History, Policy, Startups, Technology Transfer
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Cornell’s incompetent "procedural revision" of its patent policy
In 2013, Robert A. Burhman, Vice President for Technology Transfer at Cornell University, sent a letter out to faculty making a claim about Stanford v. Roche: As you may also know, and as discussed in more detail at the end of this … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, Policy, Stanford v Roche
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Can’t you see what Wisconsin has been doin’ to free?
In the summer of 1981, the Bayh-Dole Act went into effect, launching a tsunami that would sweep away the existing infrastructure for faculty-led use of patents to develop research discoveries. In its place, thirty-five years later, sits a manager-led system … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, Policy, Stanford v Roche
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UW's President Continues UW's Rank Deception
On September 30, University of Washington interim president Ana Mari Cauce sent out an email to alumni, including me, on the topic of “kicking off a new year.” The aim of the email was a pitch for donations, of course. … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Innovation, Metrics
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More problems with the wild success of Bayh-Dole
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
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet
Tagged 37 CFR 401.9, Bayh-Dole, IP Watchdog
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