Category Archives: Technology Transfer

Mick Stadler writes a letter in 1976 on “effective transfer mechanisms”–2

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through Mick Stadler’s 1976 letter to Research Corporation’s Willard Marcy. Stadler outlines eight functions for a next generation “technology transfer mechanism.” The essentials of Stadler’s view are that the mechanism must distribute technology widely, must be distributed, … Continue reading →

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Mick Stadler writes a letter in 1976 on “effective transfer mechanisms”–1

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

On June 29, 1976 Mick Stadler wrote a letter to Willard Marcy, the Vice President of Research Corporation’s Patent Program. Stadler at the time was assistant director of the Case Western Reserve technology transfer program. He would go on to … Continue reading →

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Harbridge House on university exclusive licensing, 2

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

There’s one more thing raised by the Harbridge House report–the metrics on those patent development firms. Patent applications are filed on approximately 10 to 15 percent of the disclosures submitted and, if present circumstances continue, only one-quarter of these patents … Continue reading →

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Harbridge House on university exclusive licensing, 1

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

The Harbridge House report on government patent policy in 1968 laid the foundation for Bayh-Dole. Or, rather, federal officials selectively used portions of the report to change federal policy to conform to the wishes of patent development firms affiliated with … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole on 200 drugs, 3

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through examples of the claim that Bayh-Dole has led to the creation of 200 new drugs. There’s been a lot of post hoc fallaciphizing–that because Bayh-Dole came before some of these new drugs, they must have come … Continue reading →

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Why dealing in patent monopolies is bad for university research

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

[updated to add some comments among the elements of the list] Bayh-Dole expands the opportunity for universities to deal in patent monopolies on inventions made in federally supported work. Bayh-Dole does not require such behavior, does not give any special … Continue reading →

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Open: The proper (and effective) role for public institutions in invention management

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

There are many things we could do, but choose not to do. Some of those things, people could make money doing, but we refuse. We could sell body parts, or eat them, or we could make people slaves–good money in … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole Government License–1: Practice or Have Practiced

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

NIST published a Green Paper that evidences its confusion with various aspects of Bayh-Dole. One of these areas of confusion involves the government license that Bayh-Dole requires in all federal research contracts, and in particular in the standard patent rights … Continue reading →

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Patents in Space-3

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through an article by Famiya Masood published March 11, 2020 in The Nation, a Pakistan newspaper. Masood takes up an important issue–how to make Pakistani research supported by the government more productive for things that people are … Continue reading →

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Working through an old misrepresentation of Bayh-Dole, 3

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

I have previously pointed out the University of Rochester’s strange policy statement with regard to commercialization. This is part of Rochester’s new and stinky. A statement currently pops up on the Rochester site that it will be down for a … Continue reading →

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