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Category Archives: Present Assignment
A non-compliant Bayh-Dole written agreement at Yale-1
Bayh-Dole’s standard patent rights clause introduces a requirement not in Bayh-Dole. 37 CFR 401.14(f)(2) requires contractors to require their employees, other than clerical and non-technical employees, to make a written agreement to protect the government’s interest in subject inventions: The … Continue reading
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Best practices in university invention management, 8
We are working through the model invention assignment agreement proposed by the ipHandbook as a university “best practice.” Now we get the present assignment: agree to disclose promptly to UNIVERSITY and hereby assign all rights to all inventions, copyrightable materials, … Continue reading
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Tagged botch, IAA, invention, ownership, present assignment, university
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Best practices in university invention management, 7
Let’s have a look, then, at the invention assignment agreement that ipHandbook recommends that universities should use with their faculty. We start with the “consideration”: In consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and: my past, present, and/or future … Continue reading
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University of Connecticut patent practice hash, 1
Let’s work through the University of Connecticut’s intellectual property practice on disclosure and ownership of inventions. We will start in the middle, with a disclosure form–much like a university inventor might do. UConn has an “Innovation Alert” web “portal” that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, Connecticut, invention disclosure, Moloch beer, present assignment, Stanford v Roche
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University of Utah’s Mount Stupid Disclosure Claim, 2
We are working through a statement by the University of Utah regarding disclosure. We have got through one paragraph, and now are headed to the second. Unfortunately, the snark restrictor on my WordPress editor has failed and snark keeps popping … Continue reading
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University of Utah’s Mount Stupid Disclosure Claim, 1
Here is a bit from the University of Utah’s web site. The general topic is final invention reporting for grant close out. Here’s the statement of interest (bold in the original, links removed): All University employees are responsible to disclose all … Continue reading
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Nolo Press Still Confused About Bayh-Dole, 2
Now the Nolo page turns to Stanford v Roche. Given how Nolo can’t seem to get much at all right about Bayh-Dole, what do you think the odds are with Stanford v Roche? Stanford v. Roche (2011): The Supreme Court … Continue reading
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Penn State’s Protection Racket, 14: Assignment and Present Assignment
Here’s Penn State’s current IP Agreement’s sort-of assignment clause: In so agreeing, I especially acknowledge my responsibilities: (1) to assign and do hereby assign to the University (or its designee) all rights which I have or may acquire in inventions, … Continue reading
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There never was a promise to assign
When Stanford in its litigation against Roche appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, it included in its petition for certiorari a declaration by Luis Mejia, the licensing manager responsible for filing the patents and offering an exclusive license to Roche. … Continue reading
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University of California’s Office of the President self-servingly misrepresents Bayh-Dole
[TL;DR UC gets Bayh-Dole wrong, ignores the Stanford v Roche decision, makes it appear that UC has a right to take title to inventions, when it doesn’t. UC denies inventors their rights to invention under the color of law, a … Continue reading
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