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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

Universities Urge Supreme Court to Affirm in Bowman v. Monsanto

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 2/19/2013

A group of universities, entities affiliated with universities, higher education associations, and entities involved in university technology management, in an amici brief filed in Bowman v. Monsanto, argue that reversal of...more

Groups Petition for NIH Exercise of March-in Rights over Abbott Laboratories' Norvir®

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/1/2012

Since 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has encouraged, facilitated, and required universities and other recipients of Federal grant money to license inventions resulting from funded research for commercialization. While this has been...more

Grants for Funding University Technology Transfer Introduced in Congress

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 7/25/2012

Companion bills were introduced in Congress on April 25th of this year with little fanfare (particularly in comparison to the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act) but they have the potential to provide significant funding for...more

Capital Thinking Update - June 1, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 6/4/2012

General Legislative The House is not in session on Monday, June 4, 2012. The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, for morning hour and at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. On Tuesday, the House will...more

Capital Thinking Update - May 21, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/25/2012

General Legislative The House is not in session the week of May 21, 2012. The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m. on Monday and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 3187, the FDA User Fee Bill. At 4:30 p.m.,...more

Intellectual Property News -- IP Rights with Penn State Take a Left Turn

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/22/2011

According to several recent publications, beginning in the fall of 2012, Penn State University will no longer mandate Penn State's ownership of intellectual property associated with industry-funded research. This change in...more

Supreme Court to Address University’s Patent Ownership Rights Under Bayh-Dole Act

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/5/2010

This week the Supreme Court agreed to address important issues regarding the ownership of inventions arising out of federal grants to universities, non-profit organizations, and small businesses. For the first time, the...more

Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Universities’ Ownership Rights in Federally Funded Inventions Can Be Terminated...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 11/1/2010

The Supreme Court today agreed to decide a question of patent law with profound effects on the national economy – the disposition of patent rights under the Bayh-Dole Act in inventions arising from federally funded research...more