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End the disaster of university patenting for exclusive licensing

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Gerald Barnett

While there is a place for exclusive patent licensing (but why not just assign?), the university screws over its public mission by involving itself in exclusive deals. Just because those deals aren’t obvious to the public unless they make big … Continue reading →

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Five Steps to Restoring an Effective University IP Practice, Step 3

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through five steps to restoring your university IP practice to something effective and conscionable. The third step involves a fundamental, but again simple, change in policy. Current IP policy at most universities does not address non-exclusive and … Continue reading →

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Invention is not a thing, 12: Licensing practices that recognize inventions aren’t things

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

We have spent a great deal of time working through federal policy on research inventions to show how the idea that an invention is not a thing plays out–less well than one would like. Despite ambiguities, it would appear that … Continue reading →

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