Committee on University Management of Intellectual Property: Lessons from a Generation of Experience, Research, and Dialogue

A committee under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy and the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law will conduct a consensus study distilling lessons from research and experience since the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 for the acquisition, licensing, defense, and sale of intellectual property (IP) arising from publicly and privately sponsored research at U.S. academic institutions. The project will involve commissioning papers synthesizing existing research, commissioning a survey of research sponsors, university officials, and licensees, holding a national conference, evaluating the various objectives of technology transfer, and recommending best practices for research institutions and research sponsors. Those practices will take into account significant differences in the role of intellectual property in different fields of technology, differences in the constraints on and resources of universities, objectives of different research sponsors, and differences among potential commercial licensees of university-owned IP. The incentives that influence the behavior of researchers, administrators, and public policy makers will be examined and related to public goods.
		UPCOMING MEETINGS August 28-29, 2008 Washington, DC RECENT MEETINGS June 30-July 1, 2008 Washington, DC Agenda (PDF) Presentations (PDFs): * John Raubitschek: Bayh-Dole Act: Rights and Responsibilities * Bob Hardy: Council on Governmental Relations * Wes Cohen: Management of University IP and Social Welfare: Brief Research Overview * Richard Johnson and William Zerhouni: U.S. Patent Law: A Changing Landscape * Louis Masi: IBM Global University Programs * Erik Iverson: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation * Wendy Streitz: Intellectual Property in an Academic Research Context

Please contact Steven Kendall: skendall@nas.edu for more information.