Webinar: Managing University Intellectual Property in the Public Interest, June 21, 2024

Time: Tuesday, June 21, 1pm-2pm EDT (18h-19h Portugal time). Register now.

Hosted by the National Academies Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) and the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP).

This free webinar will review the impetus and findings of a new National Academies report entitled Managing University Intellectual Property in the Public Interest.

Developed by a panel of 18 academic and industry officials over a period of two years, the report makes 15 recommendations for improving the system of university IP management. The recommendations fall into the following broad categories:

• Mission and Principles
• Involvement of Stakeholders
• Organizational Guidelines and External Resources
• Patenting, Licensing, Material Transfer, and IP Enforcement Practices
• Launching Start-up Enterprises
• Relations with Private Research Sponsors
• Institution-Level Evaluation
• National-Level Evaluation and Accountability

Presenter: Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis. Prof. Wrighton is the Chair of the NRC Committee on Management of University Intellectual Property.

Cost: There is NO COST to attend this webinar, but registration is required. Attendance is limited to the first 100 registrants. Register now.

About the Report

Three decades ago the Bayh-Dole Act established a new legal framework for the intellectual property (IP) deriving from government-sponsored research at universities. Experts and practitioners continue to debate whether the system of technology transfer based on the Act’s presumption of university ownership and wide latitude in licensing practices is as effective as it could be and whether the system has unintended side-effects - undermining academic norms of rapid, open communication of research results, a premium on curiosity-driven research, and a reward system based on scholarly merit. On the eve of the Act’s 30th anniversary, the National Research Council (NRC) convened a committee of experts involved in research, university administration, industry, and public policy to review stakeholder experiences, examine research evidence, and recommend improvements in the system where appropriate. Learn more…