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Doping the System
In semiconductor theory, adding a few impurities into the system may actually improve performance. It’s called doping. Yeah, there are overtones. With regard to research inventions, what happens when the impurity is the university administration seeking title, rather than the … Continue reading
Thought Experience
Let’s look back in time, do a “thought experience”. That is, experience thoughts that might help clarify things that don’t appear all that clear for folks in the doing. In your thoughts, imagine a university faculty member years ago, say, … Continue reading
The Meat of It
As I reread the 40+ university amicus brief, I tried to understand what would cause such mass hysteria among such a usually undemonstrative group. Clearly, they believe something they do is under attack, or Bayh-Dole is, and they got out … Continue reading
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Some More Roche Comments
Roche’s response to Stanford University’s petition for a writ of certiorari is posted here. My read of it is, they got the Bayh-Dole piece of it right. See Section I.A (Bayh-Dole was not intended to be a tool for universities … Continue reading
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Are you feeling all right?
Here are some implications of US university IP policies and technology transfer office practices: 1) the value of university research is referred at each point of invention to commercial markets; 2) university IP claims serve to create value for the … Continue reading
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Patent Fair Use, Commons, and Research Inventions
Madey v. Duke wasn’t a good thing for research. Essentially, it put an end to the idea of a research use exception to patent claims. Whatever the merits of the case, there is no question in my mind that it’s … Continue reading
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Thinking about software
I’ve spent a large part of the past 20 years working on university-originated software IP–in research, instruction, and administrative services. We’ve done open source, source available, venture-backed start ups, technology access programs, commons, publication agreements, distribution agreements, site licenses, waived … Continue reading
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If it weren't for bad luck
A bad IP policy is worse than nothing. The purpose of an IP policy is (1) to change in the defaults of law, (2) to provide clarity with regard to employment obligations, (3) to set out protocols to manage IP, … Continue reading
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…. And Zombies!
In perhaps the simplest form, one may ask what collateral damage university IP policies do to research, just as one might ask whether central plans for rebuilding a city have much to offer the areas to be rebuilt. In this, … Continue reading
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Hmpf, vol. 2
I came by a report by The Science Coalition called “Sparking Economic Growth: Federal Funding + University Research = Innovation, Companies and Jobs“. Title says it all. The Science Coalition says it is “a non-profit, nonpartisan organization of 50 fo … Continue reading
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