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Whistling all the way to the bank, revisited 2

The “Whistling” article struggles with the problem of the standard patent rights clause language about “electing to retain title.” I’ve wondered over this wording for years. It appears to be at the heart of the “cleverly crafted scheme” to intercept … Continue reading

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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 2

This article starts here: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 In the new 1969 Wisconsin patent policy, we encounter a corporate agent and the passive voice: “it has become necessary for the University to scrutinize with care the … Continue reading

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I want my, I want my IPA–Part II

The first part of this essay showed how the architecture of the Institutional Patent Agreement differs from the new structure introduced by the Bayh-Dole Act. An IPA was a master agreement while Bayh-Dole was embedded in patent law, applied to … Continue reading

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