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Best practices in university invention management, 10

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

We have reached the last installment of our work with the ipHandbook’s model invention assignment agreement. We started this journey making note of how university patent administrators make things more complicated than they ever need to be. The basic approach … Continue reading →

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Best practices in university invention management, 9

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

We are deep into the ipHandbook’s model invention assignment agreement (IAA). We have hit the basic disclosure and assignment clause that depends on a restrictive clause with three parts that together establish the scope of the present assignment. Part (i) … Continue reading →

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Best practices in university invention management, 8

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through the model invention assignment agreement proposed by the ipHandbook as a university “best practice.” Now we get the present assignment: agree to disclose promptly to UNIVERSITY and hereby assign all rights to all inventions, copyrightable materials, … Continue reading →

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Best practices in university invention management, 7

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

Let’s have a look, then, at the invention assignment agreement that ipHandbook recommends that universities should use with their faculty. We start with the “consideration”: In consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and: my past, present, and/or future … Continue reading →

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Best practices in university invention management, 5

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

More fun examples from the ipHandbook to demonstrate, ahem, best practices in university ownership of inventions. The visiting scientist. Professor from another university visits and invents. He is compensated through funds from Professor Z’s federal contract. That is, if he … Continue reading →

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