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December | 2016 | Research Enterprise
Posted on December 30, 2016 by Gerald Barnett
The Bayh-Dole Act requires contractors retaining ownership of subject inventions to grant a non-exclusive license to the government. Commonly, this license is depicted as a requirement that commercial vendors sell product based on subject inventions to the government “royalty-free”–meaning that … Continue reading →
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Federal patent policy for the 21st Century, Part 3
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Gerald Barnett
What’s funny (funny “strange” not funny “funny”) is that universities could implement the core of this version of the law themselves, right now, no politics necessary. Yes, there is still all the wasted paperwork to throw around under the current … Continue reading →
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Federal patent policy for the 21st Century, Part 2
Posted on December 26, 2016 by Gerald Barnett
In Part 1, I proposed a new law governing federal patent policy for public interest research conducted at universities–research to advance science and technology, or to address matters of public welfare. That new law carried with it public covenants that … Continue reading →
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Federal patent policy for the 21st Century, Part 1
Posted on December 23, 2016 by Gerald Barnett
How about a new Dole/Bayh Act? Of course, it will have different names attached to it. How about a law that tracks what Vannevar Bush recommended for scientific frontiers, nearly 75 years ago, in Science the Endless Frontier? One that puts inventors first. … Continue reading →
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Part 1 of this two-part series discussed the difference between exclusive license and assignment, and why Bayh-Dole’s wording on the one remaining restriction on exclusive licensing was worded as it was–“exclusive right to use or sell.” Let’s look at how … Continue reading →
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Evidence-based federal research patent policy
Posted on December 20, 2016 by Gerald Barnett
The Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking is holding a public hearing in Chicago in January for “any interested stakeholders” to provide input. Given that the commission’s statutory mandate is more toward database access and security, I’m not sure that the lack … Continue reading →
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Posted on December 17, 2016 by Gerald Barnett
When I first looked through the proposed revisions to Bayh-Dole’s implementing regulations, it appeared that they applied to inventions made by federal employees and extended implementing regulations to include large businesses, consistent with a presidential executive order that does the … Continue reading →
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Boiling away “Why Bayh-Dole”
The basis of the patent system is individual inventor rights. Bayh-Dole strips these in favor of institutional exploitation. Bayh-Dole is inventor loathing. The results are terrible. Commercialization rates are 1/1oth what they were before Bayh-Dole. Bayh-Dole has created tens of … Continue reading →
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