National Institute of Health (NIH), Inventions

NIH Seeks Comments on Patient Access Plan Requirements in Patent License Agreements

Jones Day on 5/29/2024

The Situation: The National Institutes of Health ("NIH") proposed a new policy requiring entities that receive licenses from the NIH to certain taxpayer-funded inventions to submit Access Plans for ensuring broader patient...more

Biden Administration Proposes New Framework for Exercising March-In Rights on Government-Funded Inventions; Drug Pricing May Be...

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/11/2024

Under the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980 (35 U.S.C. §§ 200-212), commonly referred to as the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal government can exercise “march-in” authority in certain circumstances to...more

The Administration Takes Aim At Drug Prices Again – This Time Through A Controversial Framework for Exercising March-In Rights

King & Spalding on 12/20/2023

The Biden Administration recently announced a plan to leverage an old tool in a new way to try to reduce drug costs: exercising “march-in rights” under the Bayh-Dole Act for drugs that were supported by government funding. ...more

When the “States” Come Marching-In: The Bayh-Dole Act’s Effect on IP Rights of COVID-Related Patents and Knowledge Ecology...

Haug Partners LLP on 9/18/2020

On August 4, 2020, a bipartisan coalition of over 30 attorneys general led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sent a letter request to United States Health and Human...more

Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Federally Funded Inventions and Compliance with the Bayh-Dole Act

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 7/29/2020

Organizations that receive federal funds or that license technology from third parties that receive Federal funds need to be aware of Federal funding obligations under the Bayh-Dole Act. Any invention conceived or reduced to...more

NIH May Own Gilead's Blockbuster Hepatitis Drug Due to Misstep

Troutman Pepper on 3/27/2018

Every year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spends billions of federal dollars on research and development of new drugs and therapies for treating and preventing serious illnesses....more

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