PDF version here: KA-KEI-NIST-Standing-26March2021 More on the NIST proposed changes to the Bayh-Dole Regulations: https://www.keionline.org/35432 Kathryn Ardizzone Counsel, Knowledge Ecology International National Institute of Standards and Technologies Rights to Federally Funded Inventions and Licensing of Government Owned Inventions Docket No.:… Continue Reading →
PDF version here:LGA-NIST-Subject-Invention-definition-26March2021 More on the NIST proposed changes to the Bayh-Dole Regulations. https://www.keionline.org/35432 Comments of Luis Gil Abinader of Knowledge Ecology International on the redefinition of “Subject Invention” to Narrow the Inventions to Which Government Rights Attach (Modify 37… Continue Reading →
New: Biden White House Executive Order opposes change in Bayh-Dole March-In regulations. (KEI has an email list to discuss this issue here: http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/bayh-dole-regulations_lists.keionline.org) The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published on January 4, 2021, a… Continue Reading →
On Friday, September 18, 2020, KEI received a letter from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) confirming that the agency was investigating Moderna for failure to report government funding in patent applications. The Financial Times and other outlets had… Continue Reading →
(More on Moderna here: https://www.keionline.org/moderna) Luis Gil Abinader has taken a deep dive into Moderna’s surprising practice of never declaring government funding in its 126 patents and 154 patent applications, despite having had funding from multiple federal agencies. One outcome… Continue Reading →
2020:3 KEI Research Note: Moderna failures to disclose DARPA funding in patented inventions Luis Gil Abinader August 27, 2020 RN-2020-3 The cover letter to the DoD and DARPA forwarding the report is available here. (More on Moderna here: https://www.keionline.org/moderna)
KEI has a number of outstanding requests under the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for contracts related to biomedical innovations to control or treat the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, June 25, and Friday, June 26, we received a… Continue Reading →
KEI Briefing Note 2020:2. The Federal Government’s Authority to Restrict or Eliminate Contractors’ Rights to Federally-Funded Inventions in “Exceptional Circumstances” Kathryn Ardizzone, May 1, 2020. KEI_Briefing_Note_2020_2_Exceptional_Circumstances
On April 6, 2020, KEI received a response from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to a letter we sent to DHHS Secretary Alex Azar on March 13, 2020 regarding three areas in Section 202 of the Bayh-Dole Act that… Continue Reading →
In Canada, the foreground intellectual property arising under procurement contracts by default belongs to the contractor. However, there are several exceptions to this rule. One key policy provision allows the government to claim title of the foreground intellectual property “where…… Continue Reading →