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A response to a Quora question on “key principles” to consider in creating an IP policy

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Gerald Barnett

I got a Quora request for an answer. Just posted this. Let’s start with some basics regarding policy. Since the early 15th century, policy has been a creature of government, and of organizations with the idea of behaving as if … Continue reading →

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“Promote” in Bayh-Dole, 2

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

The meaning of “promote” in Bayh-Dole gets dealt with, though indirectly, in Public Citizen v. NIH (2002). In this case, Public Citizen, an advocacy group, sued the NIH in an effort to get the NIH to disclose certain particulars of … Continue reading →

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Why do we have Norman Latker’s fantasy rather than Vannevar Bush’s fantasy?

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

There’s a number of people out blaming Bayh-Dole for high drug prices. There’s plenty to blame Bayh-Dole for–it’s an ugly law with a dismal track record. And there are ways that Bayh-Dole can be implicated in high drug prices, but … Continue reading →

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Only Bayh-Dole and University Research Enterprise, 3

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

We are working through Bayh-Dole without the cover of the political bluffery that permitted Bayh-Dole to become national policy. Without the bluffery, Bayh-Dole addresses the same situation addressed previously by the IPA program, which in turn took up the Harbridge … Continue reading →

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