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The use of the patent system for federal research results, 13: The failed middle ground
We’ve looked at the early Federal Security Administration policy on inventions made in federally contracted work–FSA order 110-1, issued in 1952. The government’s policy as set forth in David Lloyd Kreeger’s report for the Attorney General in 1947 was that … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Policy, Vannever Bush
Tagged 110, FSA, middle ground, Vannevar Bush
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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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Senator Nelson on the problem of “public interest” in federal patent policy, 1
The “public interest” plays an important role in federal invention policy. In 1963, President Kennedy announced a policy that permitted nonprofit organizations to request to retain title to inventions made in federally funded work, providing that Where the commercial interests … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, IPA, Nelson, patent policy, public interest
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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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The Faculty Stack, 4: Frontiers Science and Other Science
We are working toward the faculty stack. To get there, however, we need context. We started with Vannevar Bush’s problem–how to connect federal resources to the free play of free intellects to expand the frontiers of science. The new awareness … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Policy, Vannever Bush
Tagged noodling, scientific frontier, skunk, skunk works, Vannevar Bush
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The faculty stack, 2: Basic Research and IP Policy
The idea I will pursue here is that university faculty represent a distinct and important kind of discoverer–researcher, investigator, noodler, gadgeteer, irrelevanteur, loon. Our search for what we cannot imagine depends in having at least some really capable folks out … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, History, Policy, Vannever Bush
Tagged basic research, free intellect, Vannevar Bush
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Unenforced, Bayh-Dole enables a federal offer to look the other way on price-gouging
The government’s failure to use its government license to practice and have practiced (=make, use, and sell) puts undue pressure on march-in to address nonuse and unreasonable use of inventions arising in work receiving federal support. NIST wants to gut … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, high priced medicines, History, Vannever Bush
Tagged Bayh-Dole, government license, march-in, monopoly pricing, NIST
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Bush v Kilgore v the Old Order v Now
In 2005, Nicholas Steneck at the University of Michigan taught a course in the history of science–“Science, Technology and Society–1940 to the Present.” Here’s his lecture outline for the part about federally funded science and engineering during World War 2: … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Sponsored Research, Vannever Bush
Tagged Bayh-Dole, Kilgore, NSF, Vannevar Bush
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Vannever Bush on the control of scientists
Here’s Vannever Bush on the institutional desire to control scientists: There is nothing more deadly than control of the activities of scientists and engineers by men who do not really understand, but think they do or must at least give … Continue reading
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Tagged control, unleashing
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Shaping Science
A short version of a Research Enterprise article on Daniel Sarewitz’s “Saving Science” is posted as correspondence at The New Atlantis, where Sarewitz also responds to various comments on his paper. In part, Sarewitz gathers some of those comments into … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Sarewitz, free play, mephitis, shaping, skunk, Vannevar Bush
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