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Intellectual Property Revenue Sharing As A Problem For University Technology Transfer, Jennifer Carter-Johnson

Akron Law Review

The Bayh-Dole Act, often credited with the explosion of university technology transfer, requires universities to incentivize invention disclosure by sharing the royalties generated by patent licensing with inventors. Many scholars have debated the effectiveness of university implementation of this requirement, and, indeed, the low rate of invention disclosure by academic researchers to the university is often a bottleneck in the technology-transfer process.

Unfortunately, most discussions focusing on inventor compliance with Bayh-Dole Act requirements have explored faculty-inventor motivations. However, in most cases, university inventions are joint products of a group of university members including not only faculty but also post-doctoral researchers …

When Tigers Bare Teeth: A Qualitative Study Of University Patent Enforcement, Jacob H. Rooksby

Akron Law Review

Part I provides a brief background on patent infringement litigation involving university plaintiffs, including information on the activity’s costs, historical incidence, and how leading voices within the technology transfer community view the activity. Part II details the methodology used in the study conducted for this article. It describes the research questions that guided the study, its theoretical framework, information on participants and how they were selected for inclusion, and other information concerning data collection. Finally, Part III presents and discusses the study’s findings, which are arrayed thematically.