Tag Archives: commercialization

Drexel’s Bogus Description of Bayh-Dole, 3

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Gerald Barnett

We are nearly done working through Drexel’s bogus badness about Bayh-Dole. We are considering commercialization. Drexel says Bayh-Dole requires Drexel to commercialize inventions. And Bayh-Dole doesn’t say that. Someone’s gotta be wrong. Oh, hey! I think it’s Drexel! The basic … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Shill Reflections on Bayh-Dole, 2: Commercialization and certainty

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through reflections of Bayh-Dole made by some iron rings in cows’ noses that claim to give milk–er, “industry leaders.” The exercise is useful not merely to mock them for their nonsense–mockery is here salutory and inclusive–but also … Continue reading →

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Research Enterprise Policy Issues: fragmentation of noisy research

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

We have looked at noisy research and quiet research. Policy folks don’t much care, but it appears to make a difference whether research is conducted quietly or noisily. In quiet research, variations are explored, applications considered, data assembled, evidence checked … Continue reading →

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9 things Bayh-Dole does not require universities to do, part 1

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

Let’s review some of the things Bayh-Dole does not require universities to do. These, despite what you may have heard. First the list, then the discussion, then an extended technical note for the folks that want detail and think perhaps … Continue reading →

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Fantasy depictions of technology transfer, 2

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

The standard accounts of the “technology transfer process” seem so clear and plausible that you may well believe they are generally accurate, even if there might be “technical details” that they gloss over. But these standard accounts are largely, almost … Continue reading →

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Utilization and commercialization in Bayh-Dole

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

Bayh-Dole’s stated policy and objective is utilization of inventions arising in federally supported research or development–not specifically commercialization: . . . use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development . . … Continue reading →

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The AUTM CEOs Speech, Fitt 3

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through a recent talk by the CEO of the Association of University Technology Managers at a symposium hosted by NIST on “unleashing American innovation.” The AUTM CEO now turns to a deeper neurosis that has almost nothing … Continue reading →

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NIST’s Chief Counsel on Bayh-Dole, 2

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

As further evidence that NIST’s chief counsel does not properly describe Bayh-Dole, consider this point in his first slide of Bayh-Dole “highlights”: This point is accurate only in an obscure technical sense. Bayh-Dole does not preclude a contractor, having obtained … Continue reading →

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Mississippi State University misrepresents Bayh-Dole, 2

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

Mississippi State provides us with this diagram of the “commercialization” process that ends up with a singular “license.” What goofiness–an assertion of order in an activity that is almost always disorderly. According to the diagram, “ideas” get “protected” and then “marketed” … Continue reading →

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Seven Pillars of Bayh-Dole, the Law that Loots the Commons

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

I’ve spent more than a few months now focused on Bayh-Dole and its history. It’s worth taking a moment and summarizing some findings. Perhaps this could be the start of a new guide to the Bayh-Dole Act, told from the … Continue reading →

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