Tag Archives: vitamin D

Invention is not a thing, 13

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Gerald Barnett

There are two things that might prompt a university dealing in patents to adopt a policy default of non-exclusive licensing. One involves Bayh-Dole. The other involves a general argument directed at patenting’s public purpose–especially when a patent is held by … Continue reading →

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WARF, Vitamin D, and the Public Interest, 1

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Gerald Barnett

In the 1940s, WARF was basking in the income from licensing its flagship patents–on a way to irradiate food products to produce in them vitamin D. (For an interesting account with lots of details, see Rima D. Apple, a University … Continue reading →

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The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 7

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

The start of this article is here: The IPA and Wisconsin’s 1969 Patent Policy, 1 WARF’s Charter and Antitrust WARF’s charter was designed to prevent the University of Wisconsin from using its money for non-scientific research–social sciences, humanities, and the … Continue reading →

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