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Dubilier, university IP policy and, er, inner life

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Gerald Barnett

Dubilier set in motion a cascade of things that leads us to, well, to where we are. In Dubilier, the Supreme Court established that inventors own their inventions unless they agree otherwise, even if they are employees, and even if … Continue reading →

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Best practices in university invention management, 3

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through ipHandbook’s discussion of best practices in university ownership of inventions. After a clear discussion of invention ownership–inventors own their inventions unless they have agreed to assign them or it is equitable to find that circumstances imply … Continue reading →

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Florida State’s garbled mess of patent guidance

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

[Updated with new accounts of garbledness and bad juju. This policy just keeps giving.] Florida State University’s “Office of Commercialization” starts a guidance web site off with an enumeration of points about intellectual property. Here’s the first point: Employee Guideline: … Continue reading →

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Penn State’s Pscyhomagnotheric IP Policy

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

[I have restored some broken links–I will have to revisit to see how Penn State has dealt with its goofy policy drafting. 15 Nov 2022.] Four years ago, Penn State announced that it was adopting a new policy to allow industry … Continue reading →

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Invention is injury

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

I have been mulling over “scope of employment” and “course of employment” and “official duties” and related constructions that show up repeatedly in university patent policies. A strange thing about these matters is that there are two very different bodies … Continue reading →

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Compulsory IP Taking and Public Universities

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Personal ownership of inventions is a matter of federal common law and a personal right to a patent on that invention is established in the US Constitution. The Bill of Rights also provides that the government cannot take property without … Continue reading →

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