Category Archives: Policy

The Party Boat

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s a bit from the Rice University Invention and Patent Policy: In the case of Government-supported research, the Bayh-Dole Act and subsequent amendments and federal regulations provide the basis for current University technology transfer practices. Accordingly, while the University is … Continue reading →

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MIT's Patent Policy Problem

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

During the kerfluffle known as Stanford v Roche, one of the big advocates for Bayh-Dole as a vesting statute was MIT.   The MIT amicus brief is here.   It’s in this amicus brief that the idea that a present assignment trumping … Continue reading →

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The "Patent Problem" in 1948

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

I’ve been looking at university patent policies lately and came across this discussion of university patent policies by Archie Palmer from 1948, produced by the National Research Counsel and available through Google Books. The discussion is notable for the clarity … Continue reading →

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The CHARM Act of 2012

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

We’ve had some long posts lately.  It’s been necessary.   And there will be more, to show just how thoroughly technology transfer programs have run amok, how there are viable and attractive alternatives, that there are folks ready to develop these … Continue reading →

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Institutional IP Baksheesh

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here is perhaps the worst conceived and written paragraph in University of Washington policy history.   Seven sentences without the hope of connecting their subject and verbs into a coherent expression.  Read, enjoy.  I’ll work through the finer points in a … Continue reading →

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Time to Reboot the Franchise

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

I have been working through University of Washington policy on inventions.   One of the interesting–and dismaying–aspects of the Washington policy is its use of conflict of interest policies to route intellectual property ownership to the control of administrators.   I know, … Continue reading →

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Washington’s little "it’s not a policy change"

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s more evidence in the wild about how administrators are warping the Stanford v. Roche decision.  Here it is the University of Washington, sending out a note to faculty about little technical changes in approval forms for consulting, claiming it’s … Continue reading →

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Transmogrifying Bayh-Dole into University Self-Interest, Wisconsin-style

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

The University of Wisconsin system provides a template agreement that is meant to satisfy the (f)(2) requirement.  Let’s work through it to see what parts are required by the standard patent rights clause in Bayh-Dole, what parts are inserted by … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin offers a little choice

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

The University of Wisconsin had a strong tradition of faculty ownership of IP and control over research activities.  Faculty negotiated their own sponsored research agreements, for instance, with regard to IP.  Wisconsin wasn’t alone in this.  Until recently, Stanford had … Continue reading →

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Slop Dollars and the Bayh-Dole Character Test

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

A new bill to rewrite parts of Bayh-Dole is under review.  Here is a write up about it.   The idea is that a panel would be set up to explore some portion of royalties on government funded inventions would go … Continue reading →

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