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Category Archives: Policy
Dream on
I had a dream last night that I was in a city–don’t know where–in which one had to get a license to purchase food. And not only that, but one also had to get a license at the same time … Continue reading
A response to a Quora question on “key principles” to consider in creating an IP policy
I got a Quora request for an answer. Just posted this. Let’s start with some basics regarding policy. Since the early 15th century, policy has been a creature of government, and of organizations with the idea of behaving as if … Continue reading
On becoming Dublin again
Adrian Johns, in Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates, describes the difference in approach to literary property between the rival cities London and Dublin. For London publishers, literary property was held to be perpetual. For Dublin publishers, … Continue reading
NIH’s change to indirect costs as an opening for research enterprise change
A few days ago, Chris Newfield published an article on his Remaking blog on the proposed NIH cuts to university indirect costs. Now, Chris is the most knowledgeable person on university financing who is willing to speak openly about how … Continue reading
Stop being Moloch
Here is a short form of the argument that nothing is a better way than the approach to technology transfer, IP, licensing that universities have at present. The present approach universities take to IP management/technology transfer does not work, has … Continue reading
Posted in Patents, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged Moloch, policy
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Dubilier, university IP policy and, er, inner life
Dubilier set in motion a cascade of things that leads us to, well, to where we are. In Dubilier, the Supreme Court established that inventors own their inventions unless they agree otherwise, even if they are employees, and even if … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, History, Innovation, Policy
Tagged Dubilier, employment, patent policy
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Bayh-Dole, Federal Agency Conflict of Interest, and the Covid Vaccines
Here is a recent video clip of an interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He asserts that it was known that HCQ and Ivermectin were effective in treating corona viruses by 2004. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that "We knew … Continue reading
Faculty Strategies for Getting Their IP Back
If you are a faculty member at an American university, you will get a lot of twisted advice from your university technology transfer office about intellectual property, Bayh-Dole, and patent policy. The advice (and descriptions about technology transfer) is mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged conditional, faculty, startup
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AUTM arguments for not complying with Bayh-Dole
Just a quick note here on AUTM arguments are for not complying with Bayh-Dole. Just off a meeting that paid attention to AUTM’s position. I’ll summarize the main arguments here. Access in the form of commercial products is more important … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy
Tagged B.S., Bayh-Dole, reasonable use
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Inventors would own more, were it not for noncompliant Bayh-Dole practice
I saw this tweet this morning: I agree Inventors should own more, but institutions were/are the heart of Bayh-Dole that (arguably) enables IP-driven startups… this is bc many/most PI inventions would go into a black hole without tech transfer officer … Continue reading