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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 3

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

This article starts here: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 In most cases, a principal investigator will know immediately whether an invention or discovery is within scope of a well drafted research agreement–is this invention something that was … Continue reading →

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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 2

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

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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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

Tucked into Congressional testimony in 1978 on expanding the Institutional Patent Agreement program is the 1969 University of Wisconsin patent policy. This policy is notable for a number of reasons. First, because it is an actual policy statement on patents, where … Continue reading →

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Ten Years After 25 Years After Bayh-Dole, Part 6

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

We have worked through the set up to a review article on the Bayh-Dole Act from the perspective of a couple of university licensing office practitioners. It’s a fascinating exercise in repeating the conventional vocabulary of university licensing offices but … Continue reading →

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The Llorts of Bayh-Dole

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

In July, Setareh Samii published “The Importance of the Bayh-Dole Act” at The Catalyst, a web site operated by PhRMA. Samii argues that Bayh-Dole “created a framework for technology transfer that helped rejuvenate the American economy.” Samii then proceeds to … Continue reading →

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Actual reduction to practice

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

In working through some of the legislative background to the failed effort to make the IPA template government-wide, I came across a curious passage in testimony attributed to the Library of Congress Research Service. The Service was addressing the issue … Continue reading →

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To fix Bayh-Dole on reasonable pricing, why not start by enforcing the law?

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

I spent some time working through whether Bayh-Dole requires reasonable pricing. The simple answer is “No.” Of course, the simple answer isn’t very helpful, or accurate. Bayh-Dole does not require reasonable pricing by design of those drafting the bill. The … Continue reading →

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Behind the Usual Narrative, Part V

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

Universities Help to Make the Problem Universities created the federal contracting mess for basic research by insisting that the federal government not concentrate contracting authority in a single agency set up specifically for providing grants under the most liberal patent … Continue reading →

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Does Bayh-Dole Require Reasonable Pricing?

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

[Revised and extended for clarity] Short answer: no, but well, sort of, er, actually–yes! but not what you might expect. In 2005, Norman J. Latker, the key draftsman of both the Institutional Patent Agreement and Bayh-Dole published a critique, along with … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Bayh-Dole on University Therapeutics

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

Yesterday Kelly Sexton tweeted out the following claim: It would be great to think that the Bayh-Dole Act has resulted in a bunch of new therapeutics reaching the public. And perhaps that’s the case. And it might even be simpler … Continue reading →

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