Category Archives: IP

Oh, No, Another Friend Like This!

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Gerald Barnett

I’m going to work through the May 2010 amicus brief filed by AUTM WARF and others in Stanford v. Roche. The aim of the brief is to protect Bayh-Dole relative to a finding by an appeals court that a university … Continue reading →

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Homebrew Industrial Revolution

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Gerald Barnett

Looking at Kevin Carson’s latest effort. It’s pretty uneven (such as relying on John Noble for page after page to depict all modern innovation as essentially a spillover of military spending). But it does raise important issues with regard to … Continue reading →

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IP in 3D Printing

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Gerald Barnett

This article looks at IP in low cost 3D printing from the UK perspective. The upshot is, as long as you are not aiming to sell 3D printers and you aren’t trying to sell copyright or trademark-protected objects without permission, … Continue reading →

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How Many Holes It Takes

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Gerald Barnett

If you read a bunch of university IP policies, you start to realize that they are fixated on the duties to implement a monopoly licensing model that is rarely articulated, and on dividing the spoils that are presumed to come … Continue reading →

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