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DIY Plus: inventions, claims, and technology transfer
I will start with a mostly unreadable diagram: This is the rhetorical anatomy of the relationship between an invention and a patent, or a “claimed invention.” It is important to see the difference because people tend to talk about inventions … Continue reading
Posted in IP, Technology Transfer
Tagged claimed invention, DIY Plus, equivalents, invention, patent, variations
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MoFo’s New Bayh-Dole Fakefographic
Morrison & Foerster, a big law firm (revenue near $1b per year, around 1,000 attorneys), has an infographic out about the Bayh-Dole Act, subtitled “5 Steps to Retain Title.” Here’s a bit of their advice–steps 1 to 3. It looks … Continue reading
Working through an old op/ed on university ownership of inventions
I was out browsing the web and came across an op/ed from 2011 published in the Baylor University magazine Lariat. The anonymous author was opining about the Stanford v Roche case and the title makes clear the position: “Patents should … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, Stanford v Roche
Tagged bullshit, invention, patent, professor, royalties, Stanford v Roche
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The IPA Public Covenant
[revised to add a discussion of Kennedy’s patent policy statement and distinguish it from COGR’s account of it; added an account of the various federal agency approaches to ownership of inventions] Advocates for Bayh-Dole practice odd forms of historical revisionism. … Continue reading
What universities can and can’t do with their patents
We started an investigation into university IP practice with this question: Should university management of patents be any different from any other owner of patents? The answer we found is “yes.” University patents not only should be different–they clearly are … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, IP, Litigation, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged flip, invention, make-use commons, patent, practice, share, troll
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Was Bayh-Dole based on a misconception?
In an article published in 2013, Sean O’Connor argues that Bayh-Dole is the descendant of what he calls “the Biddle Report,” produced in 1947 by Assistant Attorney General John F. Sonnett (with final editing done by David Lloyd Kreeger) in … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Policy, Sponsored Research, Stanford v Roche
Tagged Biddle, government contract, invention, patent, university policy
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The University of Michigan’s Mess of a Present Assignment, Part I
In reviewing university IP policies, I came upon the following Form HR36100 at the University of Michigan titled “Supplemental Appointment Information.” After a section in which the appointee provides name and social security number, we have this: It is apparent that university … Continue reading
Posted in Agreements, Bayh-Dole, Policy, Present Assignment
Tagged hereby assign, invention, patent policy, University of Michigan
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The First Principle of Bayh-Dole
Here is the First Principle of Bayh-Dole: A federal agency may not require the assignment to the federal government of an invention made with federal support at a nonprofit or small business if an inventor or the inventor’s assignee reports … Continue reading
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Tagged assignment, Bayh-Dole, invention, Stanford v Roche
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Radical Conceptual Innovation
In After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre points out an argument made by Karl Popper–that new technology cannot be predicted with any specificity: Some time in the Stone Age you and I are discussing the future and I predict that within the … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation
Tagged imagination, invention, limits
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Feynman on his patents
Richard Feynman was awarded patents. Here is a recording of an interview that describes how it all came about. You can also read about the episode in Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman? Could be academic inventions are a dime a … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, IP, Policy
Tagged consideration, Feynman, invention, motivation, patent
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