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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. As such, AAU research universities have an important stake in federal policies governing intellectual property in such areas as copyright, patenting, technology transfer, and the use of databases in research. And as major providers of distance education and related programming, universities also have an important interest in federal telecommunications policy. AAU provides policy leadership for its members and the higher education community in these areas.

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Preserve the Bayh-Dole Act and University Technology Transfer

A one pager explaining how the Bayh-Dole Act leads to new university-based startups and the creation of innovative goods and services.
Letters

AAU, Associations Submit Comment Letter on NIST's Bayh-Dole Framework

AAU, APLU, and four other higher education associations submitted a joint letter in response to the NIST Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights.
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Biden Administration Proposal Would Turn Back the Clock on American Innovation

The White House just released a new proposal that would turn back the clock on four decades of beneficial collaboration between leading research universities and the private sector. The plan would stifle revolutionary innovation across a range of critical sectors, hindering the development of everything from life-saving drugs to clean-energy technologies.

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AAU, Associations Comment on FTC Safeguards Rule NPRM

AAU, together with nine other higher education associations, submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission regarding the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, titled “Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information.” 
Letters | Intellectual Property

AAU Opposes SBIR and STTR "Set Aside" Provisions

AAU sent a letter to Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) to oppose provisions in the “SBA Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2019.”
Letters | Technology Transfer | National Institutes of Health | Innovation and Competitiveness

AAU, Associations Submit Comments on USPTO's SUCCESS Act of 2018

AAU, along with AAMC, APLU, AUTM, and COGR, Wednesday submitted for the record comments on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s gathering of public information about the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018.
Comments | Intellectual Property

AAU, APLU, and COGR Comment on USPTO Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

AAU, APLU, and COGR submitted comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office expressing support for their 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, which revises the procedures officials use to determine patentability under Section 101 of the patent law.
Comments | Patents | Intellectual Property

Higher Education Associations Submit Comments to NIST in Response to the ROI Initiative Green Paper

The comments express the associations’ strong support for the Green Paper’s overarching aims and for many of the Green Paper’s recommendations, several of which reflect a positive response to the associations’ July 2018 comments on NIST’s Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Technology Transfer Authorities and Processes.
Letters | Technology Transfer | Intellectual Property

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