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Category Archives: Technology Transfer
It's That Friggin' Simple
In Stanford v Roche, the CAFC said, essentially: why don’t you manage your assignment obligations, if you care about them so much, or even follow the protocols of the law that you seek to claim the benefit of? This, to … Continue reading
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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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Just Trying to Help
I would like to see a solid white paper written by the leaders of the organizations that are arguing for a university compulsory system of invention management. Not some paid attorneys to do the water carrying, not some academics put … 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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Live new or die
There are ways of thinking about ownership that make it sound perfectly normal for universities to own inventions made in research programs and to assign administrators the task of managing these, and any patents that issue on them. The further … Continue reading
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The groundwork for university research innovation
We helped work on an op/ed piece on the problems presented if Bayh-Dole becomes a vesting statute. Today IP Watchdog published it on their website. Fundamental university research innovation values are vision, choice, respect, and mutual agreement–not money, monoculture, compulsion, … Continue reading
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Back on the A-110
I would like to expand on what used to be OMB Circular A-110. Section .36 deals with intangible property. Bayh-Dole via 37 CFR 401 is incorporated by reference at .36(b). At (d), there is this text: Title to intangible property … Continue reading
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Invention, patent, vision
I am working to get at the root of why anyone would think a compulsory linear model, however driven and resourced, could possibly make any sense at all, especially in light of the last 30 years of dismal failure by … Continue reading
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How to get through an open door
In a discussion over at the LinkedIn group SpinOut, there is a valuable discussion going on the matter of the University of Glasgow’s splash in the press about offering a free license (exclusive, apparently, even) to patented technology, if only … Continue reading
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Rising Conflation
It would appear that many university patent administrators conflate electing to retain title with having title. They want to do this. They think this is a good thing. Bayh-Dole makes no express transfer of title from inventors to the employing … Continue reading
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