Category Archives: Sponsored Research

The Rhetoric of Technology Transfer and Student Debt

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

From Thomas Frank’s article in The Baffler (h/t Chris) on college tuition prices and administrative excess: The coming of academic capitalism has been anticipated and praised for years; today it is here. Colleges and universities clamor greedily these days for … Continue reading →

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A vaccine for university invention borreliosis

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

Equity in an invention arises in a number of ways under the university patent policies of the pre-Bayh-Dole misconstruction.   Generally, the premise of equity has to do with support beyond the normal activities and salary of the work, unless someone … Continue reading →

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The (f)(2) agreement that your university must require you to sign

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

[Updated for the 2018 NIST regulatory revisions.] If you are working on a grant at a university, and the grant is from the US Government, and your university has accepted a standard patent rights clause in the form of 37 … Continue reading →

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Extending Affiliates Programs

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

“Affiliates programs” are generally donation-based financial support programs for university departments and schools.  In exchange for a membership fee, an affiliate program participant gets various premiums–invitations to research reviews, open houses, and job fairs; access to university labs and faculty … 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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Berlin contracts and Bayh-Dole

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Germany has produced its own version of template agreements for research between universities and industry, called the “Berlin contracts.” There is even an English translation that makes for interesting reading. German law is also interesting because in addition to patent … 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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The Dumbest Possible Model

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

It’s hard to describe how devastating the Stanford v Roche decision is to autocracy-minded university bureaucrats.  They claimed Bayh-Dole requires university ownership. So they instituted policies that require university ownership, “to comply with Bayh-Dole”. Then they argued in Stanford v Roche … Continue reading →

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Penn State gets innovative

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

[updated 5/31/16 to repair/replace broken links; PSU has removed the committee report proposing the change in industry contracting requirements] Penn State has for years been one of the leaders in industry sponsored research.  In the past few months, they have … Continue reading →

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Ten Ways to Avoid the License Contract

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Judge Learned Hand: Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase … Continue reading →

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