Category Archives: Bozonet

Ownership vs Stewardship, Fictionally Speaking

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

I have a perspective piece on ownership, stewardship, and Bayh-Dole after Stanford v Roche that has been published in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.  I thought I would put a link here if folks wanted to see it. Everyone talks … Continue reading →

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Where’d you go, Ohio?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

I have written previously about the State of Ohio’s effort to frustrate federal invention policy by asserting that public universities in the state own all inventions made in research done in state facilities or by university employees in the scope … Continue reading →

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Drafting the Unknown

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

As I’m reading through university IP policies, I’ve begun to notice how those drafting the policies are grappling with the unknown. There are a number of unknowns–many policies don’t evidence that the drafters know IP, and others work hard to … Continue reading →

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MIT's Patent Policy Problem

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

During the kerfluffle known as Stanford v Roche, one of the big advocates for Bayh-Dole as a vesting statute was MIT.   The MIT amicus brief is here.   It’s in this amicus brief that the idea that a present assignment trumping … Continue reading →

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Institutional IP Baksheesh

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here is perhaps the worst conceived and written paragraph in University of Washington policy history.   Seven sentences without the hope of connecting their subject and verbs into a coherent expression.  Read, enjoy.  I’ll work through the finer points in a … Continue reading →

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Washington’s little "it’s not a policy change"

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s more evidence in the wild about how administrators are warping the Stanford v. Roche decision.  Here it is the University of Washington, sending out a note to faculty about little technical changes in approval forms for consulting, claiming it’s … Continue reading →

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The Sea Change

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

The Chronicle of Higher Education published a note about Stanford v. Roche in June.  It repeats the mantra given out by law firms regarding the decision: “The ruling was also a warning to universities to carefully check the language and … Continue reading →

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Pearling the Bozonet

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Over at Pearltrees, I have been building out a documentary record of web materials that I have found useful in innovation, 3d printing, and related areas.  One of these involves the continuing development of bozonet theory.  Below is an embedded … Continue reading →

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Lessons, vol. 3

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

This one will be longer.   Sometimes the simple lessons are the hardest to make stick. 3.  University administrators don’t understand Bayh-Dole or innovation. Coleridge quipped that you know someone when you understand what they don’t know.   Let’s get to … Continue reading →

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Bozocratic Dumbthink Alert

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

DLA Piper sent me an “alert” email with the heading “A Victory for Roche in a Case over Inventors’ Rights.” It includes this advice: The decision re-emphasizes the importance of university employers to require all employees and consultants to execute … Continue reading →

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