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AAU and 19 other higher education groups this week filed an amicus brief arguing against the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order arguing that it undermines universities’ educational, research, and public service activities.
Intellectual Property | Innovation and Competitiveness | Legal BriefThe associations wrote that they support "harmonizing the inter partes review (IPR) claim construction standard with that of the federal courts and the ITC by applying the Phillips standard rather than the 'broadest reasonable interpretation' standard."
Intellectual Property | LettersAAU, The Association of Medical Colleges, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, AUTM, and Council on Governmental Relations released a statement in support of the introduction of the SUCCESS Act.
Intellectual Property | StatementsThe 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…
Technology Transfer | Intellectual Property | LettersAAU, 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.
Intellectual Property | Patents | CommentsUnrelated business taxable income (UBIT) is income from a trade or business that is regularly carried on by a tax-exempt organization and is not substantially related to the organization's exempt purpose.
Taxation & Finance | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefThe vast majority of public and private universities and colleges are tax-exempt entities as defined by IRC Section 501(c)(3) because of their educational purposes—purposes that the federal government has long recognized as fundamental to fostering the productive and civic capacity of its citizens—…
Taxation & Finance | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefA number of provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) affect higher education. This document compares new provisions of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act with tax reform plans proposed by the U.S. House and Senate and prior tax law.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | AnalysisAAU and APLU released a report that details actions universities and federal agencies can take to ensure public access to federally-sponsored research data.
Intellectual Property | Public/Open Access | ReportsAAU and APLU released a report that details actions universities and federal agencies can take to advance timely access to data from federally-sponsored research.
Intellectual Property | Public/Open Access | Press Releases