Tag Archives: Arizona

Mixing Two Governments’ Funding

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s an interesting statement of government rights in a University of Arizona patent, 9239453 B2. (I’d link to the USPTO patent server, but since the change in search software, it’s not obviously possible.): GOVERNMENT RIGHTS (1) This invention was made … Continue reading →

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The Arizona Commerce Authority Guidance on Bayh-Dole, 5

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

What might the Arizona Commerce Authority do to revise their guidance? Here are some helpful suggestions. First, audience. Focus on small company issues and leave the nonprofits for another time. There’s plenty written for nonprofits elsewhere. Give an account of … Continue reading →

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The Arizona Commerce Authority Guidance on Bayh-Dole, 4

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

We are dealing with Arizona Commerce Authority advice about Bayh-Dole and IP rights. Almost done. Or fed up. Or bored with such nonsense. But first, march-in. Then general gestures about IP. The government’s march-in rights are one of the most … Continue reading →

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The Arizona Commerce Authority Guidance on Bayh-Dole, 3

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

We continue with our review of the Arizona Commerce Authority’s account of Bayh-Dole. The ACA has made these points [our comment]: Bayh-Dole is really broad [yes–but its breadth is not just in the scope of what’s patentable, but also in … Continue reading →

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The Arizona Commerce Authority Guidance on Bayh-Dole, 2

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

We are working our way through the Arizona Commerce Authority’s unhelpful misguidance to small businesses regarding Bayh-Dole. Our first article worked through the ACA’s fake law and fake history, culminating with its note about Stanford v Roche, a case important … Continue reading →

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The Arizona Commerce Authority Guidance on Bayh-Dole, 1

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

Here is the Arizona Commerce Authority providing advice about IP and the Bayh-Dole Act in the SBIR/STTR programs to small businesses. The article was apparently written a decade ago, updated with a note after Stanford v Roche (2011), and apparently … Continue reading →

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When to disclose inventions? Part I. Arizona State

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

Here is a basic question: When should university-based inventors disclose their inventions to the university administration? This is a remarkably difficult question. Is it when the invention is “made”? If so, what does it mean to “make” an invention? What … Continue reading →

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1962 University of Arizona patent policy allowed inventors to choose their agent

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

In Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, in an earth-history parallel but someways upside downed from our own, there is an order of “avouts” or knowledge-monks called Lorites. A Lorite is “A member of a Order founded by Saunt Lora, who believed that … Continue reading →

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