Although it’s been more than a year since new Bayh-Dole reporting requirements were announced, we continue to see our clients challenged with the best process and tactics to implement the changes going forward. And with the recent news that NIST will take over the iEdison system from NIH and further regulatory updates to...

The original motivation for the Bayh-Dole Act was to encourage the commercialization of academic innovation so that new technologies could be available for the benefit of all. Yet today, I feel compelled to call attention to a compliance landscape that is significantly different than that of the past four decades—one tha...

New Bayh-Dole reporting requirements may put SBIR/STTR intellectual property at risk.

Higher education is under fire. With costs spiraling upward, student applications down, a new excise tax levied on endowments, universities large and small are grappling with their fiscal foundation. Yet, if university presidents take the time to glance inward, they may find a strong contributor to revenue within their h...

For institutions that depend on federal funding to support their research, lack of compliance with Bayh-Dole mandates can jeopardize ownership of inventions and associated patent rights. For attorneys who serve these clients in protection of intellectual property this should be a concern.  Many medical research centers,...

Why is research dying in the private sector? Is there any “R” left in R&D? Although we've certainly seen a decline in recent years, those researchers and scientists left in the private sector appear to have battened down the hatches.

With increased scrutiny by Congress about enforcement of the Bayh-Dole act, institutions with federally funded research programs are under the gun to structure an effective and comprehensive program for compliance and reporting.