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The Lack of Debate on University IP Management
Julie Preston, writing in MedCity News (“Why does anybody own CRISPR? An argument against academic IP“), reports on a talk given by Michael Eisen a few days ago. Eisen has published an article at his blog on the patent fight … Continue reading
Government Interest Patent Activity 1976 to 2016, Part 4
In a portfolio model, 1 invention in 200 becoming a commercial product is acceptable, if the 1 is a big hit. In an agent model, 1 in 200 is unacceptable and borders on malpractice or fraud unless inventors willingly turn … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Innovation, Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
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How a Moloch state defends its own
A while ago, I was going around with someone about a technical bit in Bayh-Dole. She thought my position was “baloney” because her lawyers had said it was. The language in the law, though, doesn’t support her position, nor do … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, Policy, Social Science
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Sooner or later, Oklahoma IP counsel might get it right about inventions
[expanded to include further discussion of the OU policy claim to inventions] In a talk last fall (archived here), the IP counsel for the University of Oklahoma, presented this slide on the university’s patent policy: It appears to be a … Continue reading
Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 8
While the patent system might give freedom to just any inventor and patent owner, the federal Government is not any ordinary patent owner, but has particular purposes and interests and expectations–and those may be present in federal patent policy, in … Continue reading
Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 7
We are working through Boettiger and Bennett on changes they would like to see in Bayh-Dole practice. Here’s the fourth change: access to patented, publicly funded technologies for humanitarian purposes We now reach a deeply ironic portion of our authors’ … Continue reading
Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 6
We have worked through the set up to a review article on the Bayh-Dole Act from the perspective of a couple of university licensing office practitioners. It’s a fascinating exercise in repeating the conventional vocabulary of university licensing offices but … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, History, Policy
Tagged Bayh-Dole, IPA, NIH tools, patent commons, research exception
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Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 5
We have been considering an article reviewing the Bayh-Dole Act published in Nature Biotechnology ten years ago. The purpose in working through the article is to show just how deeply the rhetoric of university “technology transfer” has gained a life … Continue reading
Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 4
We have looked at an article by Boettiger and Bennett reviewing the Bayh-Dole Act after 25 years. We have picked over the description of the law and pointed out how our authors mischaracterize the law to their own disadvantage. Bayh-Dole doesn’t … Continue reading
Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 3
Boettiger and Bennett look at Bayh-Dole after 25 years and discuss how things ought to change. To set up their discussion, they first characterize Bayh-Dole as having “shifted the incentive structure” for patents. Parts 1 and 2 of this series … Continue reading