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Category Archives: Technology Transfer
What Bayh-Dole has stolen from us
In an article published August 29, 2021 in The Intercept, Alexander Zaitchik describes the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act as “The Great American Science Heist,” with the subtitle “How the Bayh-Dole Act Wrested Public Science From the People’s Hands.” He … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Technology Transfer, Vannever Bush
Tagged Bayh-Dole, Rickover, Zaitchik
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The use of the patent system for federal research results, 11: Safeguards that don’t guard
We have been working through Federal Security Agency order 110-1, which in 1952 introduced an agency-wide policy for inventions made in public health research. The core of the policy was to prefer open access for all such inventions, but then … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged development, free rider, safeguard, waste, widest distribution
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The use of the patent system for federal research results, 10: the drivers that eventually produce Bayh-Dole
There’s the version of the theory of patent rights that asserts that exclusionary practice is at the heart of the value of a patent, and any practice that declines to assert a patent wastes that value. This theory of exclusionary … Continue reading
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Tagged exclusion, patent, safeguard, technology transfer
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The use of the patent system for federal research results, 8: Exploiting the use of the patent system
FSA policy 110, the first agency attempt at making a policy to deal with inventions made in federally supported public health research, tries to establish a middle ground for the use of patents. While clearly endorsing open access, including royalty-free … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, History, Policy, Sponsored Research, Technology Transfer
Tagged 110, exploit, FSA, middle ground, open access
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Funnel vision and university default exclusive licensing
Much of the current, dominant narrative about patents at universities depends on looking isolating single inventions at a single institution with a single profile for use. “Inventions,” so this narrative go, will not be used or developed unless for each … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged defection, exclusive licensing, funnel, narrative, patent, technology transfer, turdly
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Learning from Latker’s 1984 “Federal Initiatives for Innovation” Talk
In 1984 Norman Latker, who as NIH patent counsel drafted the Bayh-Dole Act on the sly, gave a talk (“Federal Initiatives For Innovation“) to the American Intellectual Property Association. At the time, Latker worked for the Department of Commerce, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, Latker
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UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 7
We have been working through the arguments for universities implementing one-size-fits-all licensing templates for their spinout companies, so that all spinouts are treated the same–as if university spinouts are all the same, or should be made to become all the … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged conflict of interest, FAST, spinout, startup
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UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 6
The University of Washington recently “rolled out” a “FAST start” template license agreement for university spinout companies–companies started by inventive researchers at the university to develop their inventions as commercial products. For spinout companies, the UW’s practice is to demand … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, bugblatter beast, FAST, Thorp
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UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 5
We have been discussing GeekWire’s account of the UW FAST start one-size-fits-all template agreement for startups. We showed that UW’s figures for startups were incorrect and there was little need for such a template. We then turned to H. Holden … Continue reading
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Tagged FAST, public alternative, Thorp
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UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 4
H. Holden Thorp, editor in chief at Science magazine and formerly chancellor at Washington University and before that the University of North Carolina, published an editorial in Science, “An opportunity to improve innovation” that provides insight on the UW FAST … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, pathways, technology transfer, Thorp
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