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Share And Share Alike: Increasing Access To Government-Funded Inventions Under The Bayh-Dole Act, Gary Pulsinelli Jan 2006

Share And Share Alike: Increasing Access To Government-Funded Inventions Under The Bayh-Dole Act, Gary Pulsinelli

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The Bayh-Dole Act attempts to utilize the incentives of the patent system to persuade companies to develop inventions arising from government-funded research, allowing recipients of government funding to patent their inventions and then sell or license those patents as they see fit. The Act has, in many respects, succeeded in its goal of getting the results of government-funded research into the hands of industry, but sometimes at the cost of limiting or taxing future research. Thus, commentators have proposed changes to the Act that will help avoid these costs without destroying the benefits. One such proposal would require the National …


Nanotechnology And Regulatory Policy: Three Futures, Glenn Harlan Reynolds Oct 2003

Nanotechnology And Regulatory Policy: Three Futures, Glenn Harlan Reynolds

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This Article outlines the basic characteristics of nanotechnology as it is currently understood and will briefly describe some of the technical - and social - consequences likely to arise as nanotechnology matures. Next, it examines three potential approaches for regulating nanotechnology and the likely consequences of each. The Article concludes with suggestions for further study, as well as a list of "dos" and "don'ts" for regulating nanotechnology.