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What Bayh-Dole has stolen from us

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Gerald Barnett

In an article published August 29, 2021 in The Intercept, Alexander Zaitchik describes the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act as “The Great American Science Heist,” with the subtitle “How the Bayh-Dole Act Wrested Public Science From the People’s Hands.” He … Continue reading →

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28,000 federal patents and the monopoly meme went into a bar, 3

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

Howard Forman, a long-time patent attorney in the chemical industry turned federal employee, introduced the 28,000 unused federal patents meme into Bayh-Dole rhetoric in his congressional testimony in 1976. Senator Bayh includes Forman’s meme in his introduction of S. 414, … Continue reading →

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28,000 federal patents and the monopoly meme went into a bar, 1

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s an important–perhaps the pivotal–instance of the monopoly meme in the history of what will become the Bayh-Dole Act. Synopsis. Howard Forman introduces the meme of 28,000 unused federal patents in his legislative testimony in 1976. Senator Bayh repeats the … Continue reading →

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