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Two Published Accounts of University Licensing: WARF and Stanford

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

Universities generally keep secret their licensing metrics. Yes, they report the number of inventions, patents, licenses, and startups in a given year–but they don’t report how those numbers relate to one another. The inventions reported in a given year have … Continue reading →

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Political bluffing as Bayh-Dole policy advice, 1

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

In a once-notorious essay (“Is Business Bluffing Ethical“) Albert Carr, a former presidential advisor, argues that business “bluffing” is ethical because business is based on games, and in games bluffing is perfectly acceptable. Same for politics. If everyone expects everyone … Continue reading →

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We are delighted to help Stanford become a better university [laughter]

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading →

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