Tag Archives: Bayh-Dole

The March-In That Ain’t

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

I came across an interesting commentary by John Conley on the NIH’s refusal to exercise march-in rights under Bayh-Dole. The post is from January 2011 and has to do with the problems Genzyme has had producing an enzyme that helps … Continue reading →

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Berlin contracts and Bayh-Dole

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Germany has produced its own version of template agreements for research between universities and industry, called the “Berlin contracts.” There is even an English translation that makes for interesting reading. German law is also interesting because in addition to patent … Continue reading →

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What rot hath Bayh-Dole wrought?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

What hath Bayh-Dole wrought? Or, more pointedly, what have university invention administrators done with the opportunity presented by Bayh-Dole? Over the past 30 years, university administrators have successfully: Changed a clustered federal system of patent accumulation for open release into … Continue reading →

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The Retrenchment Movement

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

The Stanford v. Roche case was about how universities get ownership of inventions under Bayh-Dole. Stanford argued vesting. The Solicitor General argued voiding all other alternatives. WARF argued faculty were gullible, inept, and selfish. AUTM threw sticks and dirt in … Continue reading →

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And all your student ideas are belong to us, too!

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Students who are also employees, students working on a sponsored project, and students who have used University resources (other than for lecture-based coursework) shall also report all inventions and discoveries to the University’s Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer … Continue reading →

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Practical Lessons for University Counsel

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s a typical slide deck (it opens in PowerPoint–sorry non-‘Softies) [now deleted–but here is a similar slide deck, posted at the University of Tennessee at about the same time, by Lakita Cavin, a staff attorney, and displaying similar problems] talking … Continue reading →

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Rev Proc 2007-47’s Nonsensical Attack on Bayh-Dole

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

[9/20/18–See this discussion of Rev Proc 2007-47 by the University Industry Demonstration Project–“Public Policy Regarding Industry-Sponsored Research at U.S. Universities.“] Many public universities use tax-free bonds to construct their research buildings, and when they do, they run afoul of the … Continue reading →

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The Party Boat

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s a bit from the Rice University Invention and Patent Policy: In the case of Government-supported research, the Bayh-Dole Act and subsequent amendments and federal regulations provide the basis for current University technology transfer practices. Accordingly, while the University is … Continue reading →

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My university, the chapman

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

You may ask yourself, where does that highway lead to? You may ask yourself, am I right, am I wrong? You may say to yourself, my god, what I have done? “Once in a Lifetime” — Talking Heads Sometimes, the … Continue reading →

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Corrections Appended

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here is a university article from April, before the Supreme Court decision. I was hoping that the correction appended would have to do with errors having to do with Bayh-Dole, but no, it was not to be. Thus, I’ve supplied … Continue reading →

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