Category Archives: Bozonet

Taking Apart APLU’s Talking Points on Bayh-Dole, 3

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through APLU’s Talking Points on the cash cows of Bayh-Dole, commercialization, entrepreneurship and whatever else the federal government can be induced to fund. The APLU Talking Points turn next to what the federal government should do to … Continue reading →

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Bogus intended incentives of the patent system

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Here is an article espousing the virtues of the Bayh-Dole Act: “Shooting Ourselves in the Foot” by Joe Allen, posted by the University of Rochester’s Office of Technology Transfer with a head note about how terrible it would be to … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 4

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the University of Pittsburgh summary of the Bayh-Dole Act, and I at least am getting increasingly grouchy as I do. How can someone writing for university faculty “innovators” get things so wrong in some many places? … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 3

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the fake history published by the University of Pittsburgh regarding the Bayh-Dole Act and its “key provisions.” “Fake” is too light a word for it, but it’s trendy and so people get the general idea. Really, … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 2

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the University of Pittsburgh’s account of the Bayh-Dole Act since AUTM has called it out as worth reading. We need to pause and consider some real history to work out of our imaginations the fake history … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 1

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

AUTM a few weeks ago pointed favorably to a description of the Bayh-Dole Act posted by the University of Pittsburgh. Let’s have a look, then. The post is titled “What It Means for Technology Commercialization.” While “It” is ominous in … Continue reading →

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The Implication of the APLU’s Nonsense on Technology Transfer

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The APLU’s fakographic keeps giving. I’ve discussed it previously. The basic idea behind the APLU graphic is that there is a set process by which research discoveries move from the laboratory to public use. This process sure sounds great, and … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, End

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Well, that has been quite the trip through Penn State’s IP apparatus. I worked through it briefly a few years ago, and then again last year, but never did the deep dive to see all the strange creatures that pass … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, 25: Precarious Position on IP

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

[I have made a few edits for style and clarity, and one update of a citation based on NIST’s renumbering.] Had enough of Penn State? I sure have, but we are not done. Penn State is not an outlier in … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, 23: Conflict of Interest

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Penn State’s conflict of interest policy, HR91, discusses requirements on “faculty and staff members”: In their dealings with and on behalf of the University, they shall be held to a strict rule of honest and fair dealings between themselves and … Continue reading →

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