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America’s universities are the nation’s principal source of the basic research that expands the frontiers of knowledge and produces discoveries that enhance national security, strengthen economic competitiveness, and enrich the lives of our citizens.

Although university research results are disseminated primarily through peer-reviewed publications, conferences, and other forms of open communication, they also are distributed through technology transfer, whereby fundamental discoveries are moved into the commercial sector for development into products and services that benefit society.

The landmark 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which authorized universities and small businesses to retain patent and licensing rights to inventions resulting from federally funded research, has been an extraordinarily successful mechanism for facilitating the transfer of basic discoveries into the commercial sector for development. The patent system is an integral part of this process.

 

 

145 Universities Warn Congress Pending Patent Legislation Would Harm U.S. Innovation System

145 universities warn congress pending patent legislation would harm U.S. Innovation System.
Letters | Patents | Intellectual Property

144 Universities Warn Congress That Pending Patent Legislation Would Harm U.S. Innovation System

A group universities today warned the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that pending legislation to address patent litigation abuses is so broadly drawn that it would weaken the nation’s patent system.
Patents | Press Releases | Intellectual Property | Innovation and Competitiveness

Higher Education Community Statement on the Innovation Act

Six higher education associations support tailored legislation to combat patent trolls, say provisions of innovation act would debilitate U.S. patent system.
Patents | Statements | Intellectual Property

Coalition Expresses Concerns About Potential Patent Litigation Legislation

A broad coalition, whose members represent the majority of the nation’s patent holders and inventors, strongly oppose legislation that would weaken the overall patent system and thereby diminish innovation and job creation in the United States. 
Letters | Patents | Intellectual Property

Judicial and Administrative Developments in Patent Litigation

Recent developments in the federal courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have dramatically reduced abusive patent litigation while ensuring that job creating innovators can continue to protect their ideas, eliminating the need for broad new legislation.
Patents | Fact Sheets | Intellectual Property

University Groups Comment on Patent Legislation

Universities express concern that several proposals intended to target troll-like behavior do not in their current form meet the cost/benefit test of curbing abusive patent litigation practices without diminishing the value of patents.
Letters | Patents | Intellectual Property

Association-Coalition Patent Letter

Strategic preparations by universities and allied groups during the Senate Judiciary Committee debate on patent troll legislation earlier this year
Letters | Patents | Intellectual Property

Organizations Write to Judiciary Committee Leaders on Patent Reform

A broad coalition ranging from universities and non-profit foundations, start-ups and small businesses, manufacturing, technology, and life sciences companies, strongly oppose legislation that would weaken the overall patent system and thereby diminish innovation and job creation in the United States. 
Letters | Patents | Intellectual Property

Four Higher Education Associations Express Support for TROL Act

AAU, ACE, APLU, and COGR write in support of the July 7 draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2014.
Letters | Patents | Intellectual Property

University Groups and Innovation Alliance Applaud Decision to Hold on Patent Legislation

The Innovation Alliance and six university associations thanked Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy for his delay of a markup of potential patent legislation.
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