Science, Computers & Technology, Intellectual Property, Education Law

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

$5 Cab Ride - SCC Copyright Decisions Don't Take us Very Far

by Thomas O'Reilly | Field Law on 8/17/2012

Given the near-hysterical tenor of much of the media commentary on the July 2012 release of five copyright decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada, you would think the SCC had ruled that dogs could vote and that beer was now...more

Study Finds That Foreign-Born Inventors Play Prominent Role at Top U.S. Patent-Producing Universities

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 7/5/2012

A study commissioned by the Partnership for a New American Economy, a bipartisan group of mayors from across the country and business leaders from all sectors of the economy seeking to raise awareness of the economic benefits...more

SNOPA - Preventing Employer and University Access to Social Media Passwords

by Tyson B. Snow on 5/10/2012

A new bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives would make it illegal for employers to require applicants and employees to turn over their social media passwords. The bill, styled: Social Networking...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

The continuing STOR-y

by Ronald Coleman on 7/21/2011

My take on this item: Greg Maxwell uploaded a torrent with 18,592 scientific publications to The Pirate Bay, in what appears to be a protest directed both at the recent indictment of programmer Aaron Swartz for data theft as...more

Venable Team Files Amicus Brief for Senator Bayh in Support of Bayh-Dole Act in Stanford v. Roche

by Venable LLP on 1/13/2011

On December 23, 2010, Venable attorneys William Coston, John Cooney, Michael Gollin, and David Conway filed a Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of former United States Senator Birch Bayh in Board of Trustees of the Leland...more

Ohio Education Law Monthly (December 2010)

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 12/30/2010

In This Issue: Understanding the Privacy Rights of HIPAA & FERPA in Schools; Does your School Really "Own" its Intellectual Property? And, Upcoming Statutory Deadlines. Understanding the Privacy Rights of HIPAA &...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

Relief for IP Rights Infringement Is Primarily Equitable

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 8/10/2010

This article examines the equitable remedy of restitution for unjust enrichment in the IP rights infringement context. ...more

Digital Textbooks to the Rescue

by Seth Reagan on 5/11/2010

The cost of college textbooks in the United States appears to be rocketing out of control. Hoping to fix this problem, the California state senate passed legislation in 2009 requiring publishers who sell textbooks at...more