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IP policy architectures, simpler than possible
One of the challenges of dealing with university technology transfer is that many of the descriptions of what is to be accomplished are cast in the singular, without context. Policies are then built around these singularities, and anything multiple is … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy, Social Science, Technology Transfer
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Projects, the Treatment for Fool's Dream Virus
The gulf between the Supreme Court decision in Stanford v Roche and the push in universities for present assignments is huge. The Court decided the question whether Bayh-Dole was a vesting statute. It said no. Wasn’t. By doing that, … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy, Projects, Sponsored Research, Stanford v Roche, Technology Transfer
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Recycling Losing Arguments as Policy Intent
In a recent essay on the Stanford v Roche decision, Sean O’Connor gives a fascinating perspective on the push by the University of California to impose a present assignment obligation on faculty. I could not figure how they could rationalize … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy, Present Assignment, Stanford v Roche
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Present Assignment Agreements, the Coming Nightmare for University IP Practice
This turned out to be a longish essay for a blog environment. It’s not for everyone. It puts together arguments against the idea that present assignments somehow address the Stanford v Roche situation, or situations like it, or are otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Bayh-Dole, IP, Policy, Present Assignment, Technology Transfer
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Stevenson-Wydler Technology Transfer Reporting
I have written before about technology transfer standards (here and here, for instance), and how the AUTM licensing survey in particular fails to provide useful management information, and in some ways is quite misleading with regard to what is going … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
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Why an Innovation Bill of Rights, and not Better Bureaukleptic University Policy?
I’m looking at a new article on Stanford v Roche that ends with the assurance that universities can use present assignments and doing so will “fix” their ownership problem. Before getting into the article, I want to emphasize that this … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, IP, Policy, Present Assignment, Technology Transfer
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Texas wants you anyway
The University of Texas has a fine statement of ownership in its policy (Rule 90101, Section 2). The Board of Regents automatically owns the intellectual property created by individuals subject to this Rule that is described in Sections 3, 5, … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Present Assignment
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Stevenson-Wydler and Public Domain
In working through the agent model anticipated by Bayh-Dole, I was chasing down the citations for each of the possible outcomes. The one that caught me up, however, was how a subject invention gets to the public domain. I thought … Continue reading
Just how many Termans do ya got there?
I was looking at some accounts of collaboration and found this wonderful symposium paper by AnnaLee Saxenian. It’s from 1995, but as it talks about the history of Silicon Valley, it is ever much insightful and relevant as ever to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Policy
Tagged AUTM survey, policy, Saxenian, Terman
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Perhaps Arena Rock is the Answer
I have been presenting the issues from a variety of perspectives and lines of reasoning. I’ve argued from history, that faculty-led, voluntary, agent-based invention management has been highly successful. I’ve shown how the voluntary approach formed the basis for a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Policy, Technology Transfer
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