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Funnel vision and university default exclusive licensing
Much of the current, dominant narrative about patents at universities depends on looking isolating single inventions at a single institution with a single profile for use. “Inventions,” so this narrative go, will not be used or developed unless for each … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged defection, exclusive licensing, funnel, narrative, patent, technology transfer, turdly
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 4: The Eat and Fart Model
No one in their right mind reads a book primarily because it has a copyright. “Gosh, all these books in the public domain–I need to find one with a solid, enforced copyright!” Similarly, technologists with stable brains do not seek … Continue reading
Freely available data resources to track US university technology transfer
I answered a Quora question. Here it is. Are there any freely available data resources to track technology transfer activity between universities and commercial businesses in the US? Here’s my answer. No. And that’s quite amazing. Most universities publish an … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Transfer
Tagged AUTM, fragment, invention, patent, technology transfer
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Harbridge House on university exclusive licensing, 2
There’s one more thing raised by the Harbridge House report–the metrics on those patent development firms. Patent applications are filed on approximately 10 to 15 percent of the disclosures submitted and, if present circumstances continue, only one-quarter of these patents … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, History, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged exclusive licensing, Harbridge House, invention, patent
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Federal agency patent enforcement: Gilead, 2
Now let’s look at how Bayh-Dole deals with federal agency patent dealings with regard to licensing. 35 USC 207 authorizes patent dealing and 35 USC 209 stipulates the conditions under which exclusive licenses may be granted and the terms and … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole
Tagged Bayh-Dole, enforcement, federally owned, Gilead, patent, PrEP
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Federal agency patent enforcement: Gilead, 1
Set aside for the moment the standing of a contractor or contractor’s assignee for such stuff. Consider a federal agency. Does a federal agency have standing under Bayh-Dole’s extension of patent law–and especially 35 USC 200 and 207–to seek injunctive … Continue reading
Time for an executive order to bring federal agencies into compliance with Bayh-Dole
Bayh-Dole precludes federal enforcement of federally owned patents. The president should issue an executive order confirming this situation by forbidding federal agencies to enforce patent rights covering federally owned patents. Doing so would remove a huge barrier to public utilization … Continue reading
Federal agency patent enforcement under Bayh-Dole, 1
This may appear to be an outrageous claim, but it isn’t. Bayh-Dole does not authorize federal agencies to enforce patents held by the federal government. That much is not outrageous because there is nothing in Bayh-Dole that authorizes such enforcement. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, invention, patent
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Bayh-Dole precludes enforcement of federal patents
An argument regarding enforcement of federally owned inventions. Bluntly: the federal government lacks the authority to enforce patents, and the federal government should not enforce patents, and federal dealing in patent monopolies does not work. Let’s expand the argument to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayh-Dole, copyright, enforcement, patent
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Patents in Space-4
Famiya Masood, a columnist for a Pakistani newspaper, argues in a recent article that government-funded research at universities in Pakistan is not “translating into inventions that can be eventually patented.” Masood seems to believe that this is not a good … Continue reading