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Category Archives: Sponsored Research
Compulsory Monopolicy
I was having some fun with that last post. Part of the purpose is to tweak the noses of some folks who I hear had a good time trashing this blog at their recent organizational meet-up. Well, now. Good fun … Continue reading
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Why university research IP policies should be different
I have written multiple times I don’t much care who wins Stanford v. Roche. I like universities and I like companies and I can see problems and advantages in both. I know some of the people at Stanford and don’t … Continue reading
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For every scenario, other scenarios
AUTM imagines faculty researchers messing around with patent obligations and creating a situation where no one has undivided ownership of a research invention. To AUTM, this is horrifying. How can one make money exclusively licensing to monopolists to make a … Continue reading
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A New Kind of Innovation Practice
Sloppy practice leaves university technology transfer programs exposed to claims of failure of consideration and lack of just compensation. A better way is to return to voluntary practice. Continue reading
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Artifact, Invention, Technology, Change
University research technology often takes the form of artifacts. Often the academic discussion is about the merit of research objectives in terms of demonstrating, proving out, or advancing a concept or theory or argument. The “technology” that results is treated … Continue reading
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Linear Model and Little Linear Model
The Linear Model of innovation proposes that knowledge moves from basic research to applied research to development of product to commercial implementation. This model arises in economic accounts of early NSF reporting, is implemented by the US FARs in their … Continue reading
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The Meat of It
As I reread the 40+ university amicus brief, I tried to understand what would cause such mass hysteria among such a usually undemonstrative group. Clearly, they believe something they do is under attack, or Bayh-Dole is, and they got out … Continue reading
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Some More Roche Comments
Roche’s response to Stanford University’s petition for a writ of certiorari is posted here. My read of it is, they got the Bayh-Dole piece of it right. See Section I.A (Bayh-Dole was not intended to be a tool for universities … Continue reading
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…. And Zombies!
In perhaps the simplest form, one may ask what collateral damage university IP policies do to research, just as one might ask whether central plans for rebuilding a city have much to offer the areas to be rebuilt. In this, … Continue reading
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Hmpf, vol. 2
I came by a report by The Science Coalition called “Sparking Economic Growth: Federal Funding + University Research = Innovation, Companies and Jobs“. Title says it all. The Science Coalition says it is “a non-profit, nonpartisan organization of 50 fo … Continue reading
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