Category Archives: Commons

Invention use or patent use, which will it be?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

A while back I looked at the Lambert agreements.  These are model agreements developed in the UK that aim to normalize research arrangements between universities and companies.   My review of them argued that they were a bit sloppy and inconsistent, … Continue reading →

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Reef or Trench? University research and open access to results

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

There is a petition on-line asking the President to require the posting of “published results” of federally funded research on-line for public access.   A story about it is here.  The effort is led by John Wilbanks, who previously led Science … Continue reading →

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Coolangatta IP

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Traditional knowledge encompasses the information possessed and developed within a community.  Such knowledge arises and is used to inform the activities of the community–it is “traditional” in this way.  The authors of a AAAS handbook, in a discussion of TK, … Continue reading →

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The BioBrick BPA and Group Dynamics

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

The BioBricks Foundation supports a repository of “parts” for use in synthetic biology. It has implemented an interesting two-part arrangement called the BioBrick Public Agreement or BPA. This agreement aims to manage the interests of contributors and users of the … Continue reading →

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The Dumbest Possible Model

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

It’s hard to describe how devastating the Stanford v Roche decision is to autocracy-minded university bureaucrats.  They claimed Bayh-Dole requires university ownership. So they instituted policies that require university ownership, “to comply with Bayh-Dole”. Then they argued in Stanford v Roche … Continue reading →

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Stealing IP from grant proposals, oh no!

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

In the US House of Representatives, bill HR 3433 would add “grants transparency” to the review and awarding of federally funded grants and cooperative agreements. The bill would require publication of awarded grant proposals within 15 days of notice of award, … Continue reading →

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Patent battles and research fragmentation

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

John Dvorak over at PC Magazine has an interesting comment on the patent battles shaping up in mobile.  His more general observation, however, is what  caught my eye: This whole idea of actual inventions and the monopoly is over. Around … Continue reading →

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Explaining an Emblem of the Linear Model

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Gene Quinn at IP Watchdog posted last October a nice essay (h/t to François Stofft at the Linkedin International Technology Transfer Professionals group) on the problems of accelerating technology transfer by federal fiat. The new programs that have been announced … Continue reading →

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Make-Use Commons in TBED, 2

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

In the previous post, I discussed the problem of accumulating a patent portfolio as a way to generate licensing income. A portfolio approach can be financially successful, but in a patent world, it needs only one or two hits a … Continue reading →

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Make-Use Commons in TBED, 1

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

At the Pacific Northwest Economic Region conference in Portland a couple of weeks ago, I introduced the idea of a Make-Use Commons as a means of tying together research patent management and regional economic development.    Let’s work through this idea.  … Continue reading →

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