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Industry Leaders Reflect on Bayh-Dole at 40

On June 23, the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund celebrated 40 years of the Bayh-Dole act with a virtual briefing, titled: “The Bayh-Dole Act at 40 Years: How the ‘Most Inspired Piece of Legislation’ of a Half-Century Has Turned American Basic Research Discoveries into Products, Startups and Economic Growth.”  The event was moderated by Jim Edwards, the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund Patent Policy Advisor and featured remarks by Courtney Silverthorn, the Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology O?ce of Technology; Joseph Allen, IPWatchdog contributor and the Executive Director of Bayh-Dole 40th Coalition and Former Senate Judiciary Aide to Sen. Birch Bayh; Hans Sauer, the Deputy General Counsel and Vice President for Intellectual Property for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization; Jennifer Gottwald, the Senior Licensing Manager at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF);  and David Korn, the Vice President of Intellectual Property (IP) and Law for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).