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Bayh-Dole Secrecy, Part 10

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The 1984 change to Bayh-Dole conflates information that must be disclosed by federal agencies under FOIA with information that federal agencies must exclude from FOIA disclosure. This conflation itself violates FOIA. Bayh-Dole does not declare as a matter of law … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole Secrecy, Part 7

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The story so far: Bayh-Dole’s secrecy provision regarding reports of invention use was changed in 1984 to make it appear that federal agencies had no discretion in the matter, and that they “shall” treat all information in invention use reports … Continue reading →

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Bayh-Dole Secrecy, Part 6

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Bayh-Dole makes information regarding the use of subject inventions a government secret. It does this in a roundabout way by requiring federal agencies to treat those reports as confidential and as the sort of information that is exempt from FOIA … Continue reading →

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