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“Government” rights in federally supported inventions, 1
Bayh-Dole requires federal agencies to use a patent rights clause that includes a provision under which contractors who obtain ownership of a patentable invention made in the performance of work under a federal funding agreement and elect to retain that … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Policy, Stanford v Roche
Tagged Bayh-Dole, government license, inherent government function, patent rights clause, slop
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A clever misrepresentation at the origin of Bayh-Dole
Let’s see if we can isolate the origin of the Bayh-Dole Act. In about four minutes, you will read the following again: The roots, then, of Bayh-Dole are to be found in a mischaracterization of the Harbridge House report of … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History
Tagged 41 CFR 9-1, Bayh-Dole, General Services Administration, monopoly meme
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28,000 federal patents and the monopoly meme went into a bar, 3
Howard Forman, a long-time patent attorney in the chemical industry turned federal employee, introduced the 28,000 unused federal patents meme into Bayh-Dole rhetoric in his congressional testimony in 1976. Senator Bayh includes Forman’s meme in his introduction of S. 414, … Continue reading
28,000 federal patents and the monopoly meme went into a bar, 2
Howard Forman’s 1976 testimony is where the 28,000 patents meme enters what will become the Bayh-Dole rhetoric. Senator Bayh uses Forman’s meme when he introduces S. 414 in 1979: When the Government decides to retain patent rights on these inventions … Continue reading
Patent agreements in Federal Procurement Regulations and Bayh-Dole, 2
If we return for a moment to O’Connor’s article–it is a great read for what it aims to do, but for O’Connor’s theme of abstract mistaken assumptions rather than providing a specific account of Latker’s lack of drafting ability–there is … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Policy, Sponsored Research, Stanford v Roche
Tagged assignment, Bayh-Dole, Federal Procurement Regulations, Latker, O'Connor, patent agreement, sly, written agreement
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Patent agreements in Federal Procurement Regulations and Bayh-Dole, 1
Sean O’Connor starts an excellent article that gives a detailed account of history behind the Bayh-Dole Act (“Mistaken Assumptions: the Roots of Stanford v. Roche in Post-War Government Patent Policy“) this way: The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 was built on a … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History
Tagged (f)(2), Bayh-Dole, Federal Procurement Regulations, mistaken assumption, patent agreement, written agreement
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IP Laws for Dragons
On Quora, I was asked to answer this question: Do US intellectual property laws stills serve society or just corporations and countries that are large and rich? Historically, patents have been the domain of countries (and city states) and the … Continue reading
WARF, Vitamin D, and the Public Interest, 3
The appeals court in Vitamin Technologists sets up the case for compulsory licensing of inventions owned by public universities as instruments of state governments. That is, the appeals court establishes the basis for public march-in when a state owns a … Continue reading
WARF, Vitamin D, and the Public Interest, 2
We have worked through a 1945 appeals court reasoning about the University of Wisconsin’s president’s refusal to allow the licensing of an invention beneficial to public health for use in food products that might compete with State of Wisconsin dairy … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Commons, History, Policy
Tagged 35 USC 200, 35 USC 202, Bayh-Dole, Canned Water 4 Kids, IPA, monopoly meme, public interest
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WARF, Vitamin D, and the Public Interest, 1
In the 1940s, WARF was basking in the income from licensing its flagship patents–on a way to irradiate food products to produce in them vitamin D. (For an interesting account with lots of details, see Rima D. Apple, a University … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Freedom, History, Policy
Tagged margarine, monopoly meme, vitamin D, Vitamin Technologists, WARF
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