Category Archives: Present Assignment

Where’d you go, Ohio?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

I have written previously about the State of Ohio’s effort to frustrate federal invention policy by asserting that public universities in the state own all inventions made in research done in state facilities or by university employees in the scope … Continue reading →

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It’s not a change in policy, it’s not a change in policy…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Well, I guess the UC present assignment doesn’t have to be, technically,  a change in policy.  It could be simply a violation of policy.  Note that in the UC Patent Policy, we have this: An agreement to assign inventions and … Continue reading →

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7 Points on the UC Present Assignment Requirement

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

There has been some discussion going on about the recent UC requirement that everyone sign a new patent acknowledgement, this one with a present assignment in it, with the claim that this change is needed to respond to the Stanford … Continue reading →

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Oh, to be the happy dog again

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

There has been a lot of bad advice for universities out there in the wake of Stanford v Roche.   It almost appears to be orchestrated talking points on the need for universities to implement present assignments to prevent another outcome … Continue reading →

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Innovation Fail: autocracy + bureaucracy

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

I have yet to see a reasoned argument supporting what many university technology transfer officers appear to favor: that the best innovation policy is autocracy + bureaucracy That’s what 70 of ’em argued in their amicus brief in Stanford v. … Continue reading →

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Trying to make the present assignment problem really simple

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

I’ve been working through the shift to present assignments.  There’s so much bad advice for universities out there.  You’d think the attorneys writing their blog posts and newsletter columns could at least make an effort to get it right.  The … Continue reading →

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Putting the Groove Back

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

University tech transfer folks got Bayh-Dole wrong, repeated it so often that it started to sound right, were told by the Supreme Court they were wrong, and now are trying to implement privately what sounded good to them–compulsory university ownership … Continue reading →

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The UC Present Assignment Demand: Links

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

For UC faculty unsure of what to do with the UC administration “this is not a change in policy, just sign here to confirm you agree”, here is a set of links to my discussion of the matter, if it … Continue reading →

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