Tag Archives: NISTwits

Bayh-Dole Government License–1: Practice or Have Practiced

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Gerald Barnett

NIST published a Green Paper that evidences its confusion with various aspects of Bayh-Dole. One of these areas of confusion involves the government license that Bayh-Dole requires in all federal research contracts, and in particular in the standard patent rights … Continue reading →

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Pensé and Perspectivability-2

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

I have been writing about my sense of perspective–something not possible in an infinite university, according to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Though I have worked at and for universities in technology transfer for a couple of decades, I … Continue reading →

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A century of reaping enormous profits at the expense of sickness and misfortune, 3

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

The Mayo doctors, having made their specific arguments with regard to salvarsan in their 1917 letter to Congress, end with a full scale plea, not only to cancel the patent for salvarsan but also for other German drugs, and for … Continue reading →

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