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Government Funding For Research, 1
Out in Twitterland, I saw this tweet by Brett Blackham: Arguably, research and development is so important that government should have nothing to do with it. However since 1980 a company or university could get government money to do research … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Innovation, Sponsored Research
Tagged government funding, research
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Reflections on Shill Reflections on Bayh-Dole, 5: Incentives and basic research
We have been working through a set of reflections on Bayh-Dole by a set of patents-in-healthcare shills. We are at this claim: prior to the Act, the government often funded research to spark innovation, but then put the research in … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, Policy
Tagged basic resaerch, incentive, research, selectivity
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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
Patents in Space-3
We are working through an article by Famiya Masood published March 11, 2020 in The Nation, a Pakistan newspaper. Masood takes up an important issue–how to make Pakistani research supported by the government more productive for things that people are … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Transfer
Tagged Bayh-Dole, patent, research, speculation
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Patents in Space-2
Famiya Masood, a columnist for The Nation, an English-language Pakistani newspaper and law student at Northwestern University, has published an article that argues that Pakistan needs more patents from its government-funded research. Well, perhaps. But she gets Bayh-Dole wrong on … Continue reading
A century of reaping enormous profits at the expense of sickness and misfortune, 2
Mayo’s research publication Discovery’s Edge recently ran an article on “The Power of Patents.” In the article, Mayo Clinic wonders about patent royalties from a famous past invention: When Mayo Clinic colleagues Edward Kendall, Ph.D., and Philip Hench, M.D., along with … Continue reading
Posted in History, Policy
Tagged crowd source, monopoly meme, patents, research
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NIST’s “substantially fueled” premise for unleashing innovation
Here is a claim from the opening of a recent NIST report–1234–on “Unleashing American Innovation,” a “draft green paper”: The U.S. innovation system is substantially fueled by the discoveries and inventions arising from federally funded R&D at the Nation’s universities, … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Metrics, Policy
Tagged innovation, NIST, patents, research
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Bayh-Dole Basics, 7: Disclosure comments, 1
This will be longish. For the brief of heart, here’s a synopsis. Invention disclosure is the heart of Bayh-Dole standard patent rights compliance. Disclosure is not reporting that an invention exists. Disclosure means providing, for an invention owned by a … Continue reading
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Tagged assignment, Bayh-Dole, development, disclosure, practical application, research
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The AUTM CEOs Speech, Fitt 2
We are working through a speech that the CEO of the Association of University Technology Managers gave at a recent symposium sponsored by NIST with the dubious title “Unleashing American Innovation.” Our CEO has made pompous claims about his organization … Continue reading
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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