Category Archives: Policy

The Key Provisions of Bayh-Dole

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Now, with all that fusstation from the University of Pittsburgh out of the way, we might ask then what are the “key provisions” of Bayh-Dole that a university should make faculty and the public aware of. Only One Key Provision … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 4

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the University of Pittsburgh summary of the Bayh-Dole Act, and I at least am getting increasingly grouchy as I do. How can someone writing for university faculty “innovators” get things so wrong in some many places? … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 3

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the fake history published by the University of Pittsburgh regarding the Bayh-Dole Act and its “key provisions.” “Fake” is too light a word for it, but it’s trendy and so people get the general idea. Really, … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 2

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the University of Pittsburgh’s account of the Bayh-Dole Act since AUTM has called it out as worth reading. We need to pause and consider some real history to work out of our imaginations the fake history … Continue reading →

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The University of Pittsburgh’s Fake News Summary of Bayh-Dole, 1

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

AUTM a few weeks ago pointed favorably to a description of the Bayh-Dole Act posted by the University of Pittsburgh. Let’s have a look, then. The post is titled “What It Means for Technology Commercialization.” While “It” is ominous in … Continue reading →

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Discovery and Discovery Management, 1

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

How do we discover? That’s a question that keeps coming up in my mind. There are books around that work at this point–to point to some recent examples, Ashton’s How to Fly a Horse, Kauffman’s Investigations, Johnson’s Where Good Ideas … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, End

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Well, that has been quite the trip through Penn State’s IP apparatus. I worked through it briefly a few years ago, and then again last year, but never did the deep dive to see all the strange creatures that pass … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, 24: Fiduciary Duty

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Penn State’s policy on conflict of interest, HR91, uses language that might be used to describe fiduciary duties. Penn State “faculty and staff members,” as a matter of policy, must use “utmost good faith” in their “duties to the University … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, 23: Conflict of Interest

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Penn State’s conflict of interest policy, HR91, discusses requirements on “faculty and staff members”: In their dealings with and on behalf of the University, they shall be held to a strict rule of honest and fair dealings between themselves and … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Protection Racket, 22: Agency

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

For all the talk about conflict of  interest in Penn State policies, Penn State does have a policy, HR91, that directly addresses conflict of interest. It’s odd that administrators can’t seem to focus their conflict of interest worries there and … Continue reading →

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