Category Archives: Policy

A case for freedom

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Let’s talk about “free agency”.   Institutions hate it, players love it.  Fans, they are not sure.  When it comes to university innovation, however, we need to work through a number of issues.  Let’s start with a few considerations. Universities have … Continue reading →

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The Most Wonderful Thing in the World

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Here is a collection of clips from ten US research university IP policies.  The focus is on claims of ownership, not considering any of a number of other matters, such as royalty sharing schedules or the conditions on  which property … Continue reading →

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The Gulag of Inventions

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

A Chronicle of Higher Education story has this headline: “Ambitious AAUP Effort to Guide Relations Between Academics and Industry Meets Resistance.” The “resistance” is from two officials speaking for AUTM and AAU. These are the same folks who led the … Continue reading →

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AUTM, the clueless inventor-loathing organization

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

. . . AUTM, of course, is already opposed, using their usual argument that everyone else is a stupid idiot and only AUTM has the intellectual capacity to navigate such “incredibly complex and nuanced matter.” {/vent} AUTM is the organization, … Continue reading →

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AAUP on University-Industry Relationships

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

The AAUP has released a working draft of a set of principles for university-industry relationships.  The text lays out a set of recommendations with regard to intellectual property, research contracting and strategic partnerships, and conflict of interest.  The AAUP is … Continue reading →

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Invention use or patent use, which will it be?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

A while back I looked at the Lambert agreements.  These are model agreements developed in the UK that aim to normalize research arrangements between universities and companies.   My review of them argued that they were a bit sloppy and inconsistent, … Continue reading →

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IP Governance or IP Management?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

After Bayh-Dole was passed, university administrators got the idea that universities had to have policy statements to claim ownership of inventions to comply with Bayh-Dole.  The idea was that “elect to retain title” meant “elect title” which meant “title vests … Continue reading →

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Reef or Trench? University research and open access to results

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

There is a petition on-line asking the President to require the posting of “published results” of federally funded research on-line for public access.   A story about it is here.  The effort is led by John Wilbanks, who previously led Science … Continue reading →

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Coolangatta IP

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Traditional knowledge encompasses the information possessed and developed within a community.  Such knowledge arises and is used to inform the activities of the community–it is “traditional” in this way.  The authors of a AAAS handbook, in a discussion of TK, … Continue reading →

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More Evidence in the Wild

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Here is another example in the wild of the mischaracterization of Bayh-Dole.  This is a document that offers a “Brief Guide to Intellectual Property in a University Context”.   My point is to document how Bayh-Dole has been represented by university … Continue reading →

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