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A non-compliant Bayh-Dole written agreement at Yale-2
Now let’s look at a “Patent Policy Acknowledgement & Agreement” from Yale University. Here it is: Yale’s web site asserts that this agreement is required “for grant and patent compliance.” That’s a strange combination–grant and patent. One might think grant … Continue reading
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Tagged agreement, Bayh-Dole, patent policy, Yale
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An invention is not a thing, 6: Invention holes, practical application, and development
An invention is a collection of things, a set, a door of opportunity and whatever an inventor and others see through that door. A patent is an inventor’s claim to exclusivity in what the inventor, perhaps with help from others, … Continue reading
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Tagged invention, invention hole, patent policy, practical application
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The Basic Policy Question Behind Bayh-Dole
There’s one simple issue: Should the federal government subsidize with public funding for nonprofit research the creation of patent monopolies? There it is. The answer that has dominated for thirty-five years is “Yes.” How comfortable are you with that? Gut-level? … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Bozonet, Policy, Sponsored Research, Technology Transfer
Tagged Bayh-Dole, federal funding, IPA, patent policy, research, scheme
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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, Table of Links
In May 2017 I wrote a series of articles that traced the development of the University of Wisconsin’s patent policy, how the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation shaped federal policy to disenfranchise faculty inventors in favor of its own money-making ventures … Continue reading
University of Misery’s IP Policy Scam, 1
From time to time I still use my old Garmin GPS. I downloaded the directions voice for Australia because I rather like the accent. I call the voice “Nigel.” But I live now in Washington state–commonly abbreviated “WA,” rather than … Continue reading
Penn State’s IP Protection Racket, 1: Working Through the 1991 IP Policy
Hey, let’s compare Penn State’s “Intellectual Property Agreement” from 1992 with the present version. I know, just what you were hoping to do today–identify policy changes to see how Penn State created its IP protection racket. To get there, we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged IP agreement, patent policy, Penn State
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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 9
The beginning: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 Research deliverables Bayh-Bole, as it turns out, will be a statute that limits the scope of patent property rights in federally supported inventions, but in such an obtuse way that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, Bobblespace, Harvard, patent policy, research, WARF, whole hog
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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 5
Start here: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 The new 1969 Wisconsin patent policy broadens the scope of the university’s interest in patents yet further: Here is the Wisconsin IPA definition of “subject invention”: Both elements are essential … Continue reading
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Tagged cleverly crafted scheme, institutional conflict of interest, IPA, ordinary skill in the art, patent policy, scope, subject invention, subvention, Wisconsin
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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 4
This article starts here: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 One might see how, if university administrators believe that they have become, for invention purposes, the federal sponsor of the research, that they could also come to believe … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, deliverables, institutional conflict of interest, IPA, Kennedy, patent agreement, patent policy, posi, presumption, WARF, Wisconsin
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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1
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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Tagged Bayh-Dole, IPA, patent policy, uncertainty of title, WARF, Wisconsin
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