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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 11: Two key provisions
A university patent policy designed to promote effective technology transfer will have these key provisions: Voluntary participation Default institutional non-exclusive FRAND offer These are key elements. FRAND is “fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory.” We will work through the reasons why these … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged effective, licensing, money, shit pie, technology transfer
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On Technology Transfer Metrics, 1: Issues
Let’s follow up on the fact that there’s no publicly available–free–data source to track university to industry technology transfer. There’s no non-free data source to track such transfer, either. You would think there would be. To get at metrics, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged AUTM, licensing, metrics, money, technology transfer
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Invention is not a thing, 12: Licensing practices that recognize inventions aren’t things
We have spent a great deal of time working through federal policy on research inventions to show how the idea that an invention is not a thing plays out–less well than one would like. Despite ambiguities, it would appear that … Continue reading
Who Owns Digital Learning Resources?–5
There’s a basic problem with federal grant support for research. I don’t know if the Department of Education has avoided this problem, but I will put it out there. If a federal agency supports both research and maintenance of contract deliverables, … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, Freedom, Open Source, Policy, Projects
Tagged Department of Education, licensing, open
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Who Owns Digital Learning Resources?–4
Now let’s deal with “digital” educational works in the context of university intellectual property claims. This is something I’ve spent a couple of decades dealing with. The Department of Education published its final rule in January 2017, requiring open licensing … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, Department of Education, licensing, open
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NIST’s Chief Counsel on Bayh-Dole, 4
One last slide from NIST’s chief counsel’s talk from 2013. Much to discuss. How to unwind this assertion? The Bayh-Dole Act requires federal agencies to use an arbitrary default patent rights clause. In the absence of Bayh-Dole, executive branch patent … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, clocks, licensing, NIST, patent rights clause, subject invention, Wixon
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Bayh-Dole has dropped commercialization rates from 25% to 0.5%: what more can we expect?
University licensing programs appear to have about a 0.5% commercialization rate. That is, of all the assets reported to them which they claim, only 1 in 200 (or less) actually results in a commercial product (without regard to the “success” … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Commons, History, Metrics, Policy
Tagged Bayh-Dole, commercialization, Harbridge House, licensing, Picasso
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Patent battles and research fragmentation
John Dvorak over at PC Magazine has an interesting comment on the patent battles shaping up in mobile. His more general observation, however, is what caught my eye: This whole idea of actual inventions and the monopoly is over. Around … Continue reading