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Category Archives: Policy
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
Why not let’s try, Frank?
Frank Cullen, writing at the “Council for Innovation Promotion” has posted a hand-wringing response to a letter from members of Congress to the Secretary of Health and Human Services requesting that the government use Bayh-Dole’s march-in provisions to address price … Continue reading
A university technology transfer annotated reading list
So you want to tell heaven from hell, blue skies from pain. Got it! Here is a basic reading list of documents that frame the history of university technology transfer. I’ve put it in chronological order and provide links to … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged blue skies, pain, reading list, technology transfer
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An Open Letter to Senator Warren Regarding Xtandi
Dear Senator Warren: You have called repeatedly for the federal government to use regulatory tools available to it to address the high prices charged for drugs. Your attention to this matter is much appreciated! I write with specific reference to … Continue reading
Outline of the federal framework for the disposition of inventions
Here is an outline of the federal framework for inventions. I have included links to various documents. Lots more to be said, and the brief account here is more gist than deep summary, but perhaps you find it helpful. Plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy, Stanford v Roche
Tagged Bayh-Dole, federal, framework, inventions, patents
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Undermining Bayh-Dole by relying on it? 1
I feel like Charlie Chaplin in a pie factory. Before I could work through an op/ed by Niels Reimers in the Mercury News last April (2021) that the Bayh-Dole Coalition has dredged up to contest the use of march-in to … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Commons, Policy, Stanford v Roche, Technology Transfer
Tagged Bayh-Dole, invention, Reimers
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Five Steps to Restoring an Effective University IP Practice, Step 5
We have been working through five steps to restore a university’s IP practice to something that. might be modestly effective. Abandon AUTM, which has worked for decades against effective IP policy and practices. Abandon compulsory university ownership claims. You may … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Policy, Sponsored Research
Tagged Bayh-Dole, open access, TLO
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Five Steps to Restoring an Effective University IP Practice, Step 4
We are working through five steps to getting a university back to an effective IP practice, a practice aligned with academic values and focused on actual technology transfer. The idea of “technology transfer” is bureaucratic in origin. As a concept … Continue reading
Posted in History, Policy, Sponsored Research
Tagged royalty schedule, SBIR, sponsored research, technology transfer
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Five Steps to Restoring an Effective University IP Practice, Step 3
We are working through five steps to restoring your university IP practice to something effective and conscionable. The third step involves a fundamental, but again simple, change in policy. Current IP policy at most universities does not address non-exclusive and … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Policy
Tagged exclusive, management, patent
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Five Steps to Restoring an Effective University IP Practice, Steps 1 and 2
Over the past couple of years, I have been involved in projects based in the idea of commons for the exchange of research and diagnostic assets. These projects have been blocked or resisted at each point by organizational technology transfer … Continue reading