Posts Tagged: university research
The Evolution of University Technology Transfer: By the Numbers
In recent years there has been a paradigmatic shift towards commercializing technology through startups. There is a universal understanding that university inventions are in early technology readiness …
Happy Birthday, Senator Birch Bayh
Hopefully, you've been fortunate enough—at least once in your life—to work for someone you really admired. That happened to me as a Senate Judiciary Committee …
Fine Tuning the Trump Administration’s ROI Initiative
The Trump Administration's Return on Investment (ROI) Initiative, which is geared toward increasing the American taxpayer's benefits from federally-supported R&D, is potentially a big step forward. …
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Holds Hearing on China’s Threat to U.S. Innovation Leadership
On the morning of Thursday, July 19th, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing titled China’s Threat to American Government and Private Sector …
House Subcommittees Hold Hearing on China’s Predatory Trade, Investment Strategy
The day’s hearing featured discussion of actions the U.S. government should be taking in order to counter deceptive trade practices pursued by the Chinese government, …
AUTM Licensing Survey: Ominous trend likely attributable to eroding patent rights
Concerns about the ability of academic institutions to keep contributing to the U.S. innovation economy go well beyond federal funding stagnation according to the recent AUTM …
When Big Brother Comes Marching In: Patent Challenges on Entrepreneurial Campuses
Bayh-Dole has recently come under attack, as some are trying to highjack certain provisions to be used as a cost control measure for novel therapeutics as the …
The changing face of university technology transfer
Today (TTOs) are increasingly being run by professionals who are experienced in startups, licensing, monetizing and have tremendous depth of technical knowledge in a variety of fields. …
Think Twice Before Pulling the Plug on Tech Transfer
Most assaults on public/private sector R&D partnerships are launched by those who believe patents are inherently bad and that through some undefined magic publicly funded …
Conservatives’ Letter to U.S. Senate Says Preserve Bayh-Dole
Though aimed at certain pharmaceutical products, Sens. Angus King’s and Bernie Sanders’ potential amendments would throw the key to the Bayh-Dole Act’s success —certainty and …
Bernie Sanders’ Really Bad Idea
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation requiring every agency and non-profit entity to include a "reasonable pricing" provision based on King's formula for any life science invention …
Academic Patent Licensing Helps Drive the U.S. Economy
What's even more impressive is the impacts on gross industry output and GDP are up 14% while the number of U.S. jobs supported rose 12% since the previous …
The Plight of the Public Sector Entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur isn't easy. While it is a tough road for anyone, it's particularly tough if you're in the public sector and threatened by politicians... Rather, …
Early Stage Innovation’s Chance to Save Itself
Universities in particular must explain to their congressional delegations why R&D must continue to be funded and why its Bayh-Dole based commercialization bridge must be protected …
The National Cancer Institute Didn’t Deserve This Treatment From the New York Times
While those in the military are often thanked for their service, let's also thank researchers like Dr. Rosenberg and his colleagues who spend their lives trying to …
