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Invention Option Theory and Bayh-Dole Crock Work

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

At one point, many years ago, I thought Bayh-Dole was totally clever. I was very wrong, but here’s how I thought Bayh-Dole worked. The federal government had a general claim under federal law to own any invention made under federal … Continue reading →

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Hmpf Issue Vol. 1

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Gerald Barnett

[Revised 9/11/2019 to clean up the option theory]. I have been looking at this paper from 2002: “Academia, Industry, and the Bayh-Dole Act: An Implied Duty to Commercialize.” I’ve seen it before and always shied away from commenting, but with … Continue reading →

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