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Lessons from The Sound of Innovation: Lesson 1, On the Border

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Gerald Barnett

In The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution, Andrew J. Nelson recounts how John Chowning and others developed digital music while working in between the cracks of computer science, music, and electrical engineering. Nelson emphasizes this situation … Continue reading →

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An invention is not a thing, 2: The fringe cases and federal policy

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the logic of Bayh-Dole’s requirements on ownership of inventions made in work receiving federal support. We have made the point that an invention is not a thing–it is a category, a set, a collection of ways … Continue reading →

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