It turns out that just about everything we thought about patent trolls-good or bad-is wrong.
Using newly gathered data, this Article presents an ethnography of sorts about highly …

In an attempt to increase revenues from patenting activities, some universities have started
in recent years to pursue “overzealous” strategies to monetize their existing patents, by …

As privatization of publicly funded university research has grown, so too has the steady
undercurrent of public criticism of academic patenting from both inside and outside the …

The patent system uses exclusion to stimulate innovation. But a mounting body of evidence
calls into question the assumption that innovation based on excluding others is the only, or …

The recent boom in natural gas extraction presents a classic information problem. To assess
the benefits of this emerging energy source, one needs to fully understand the risks of using …

Abstract The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 established a new default rule that allowed nonprofit
organizations and small businesses to own, as a routine matter, patents on inventions …

There is a growing belief both within and outside of Congress that the system of university
technology transfer upon which US innovation relies is broken. Too many good ideas …

Universities that own patents have a problem. While nearly all are keen to enhance their
revenue generated from patents, few are eager or prepared to enforce them in court, alone …

Recent patent litigation reform efforts have focused on every branch of govemment-
Congress, the President, and the federal courts-save the fourth: administrative agencies …

University technology development and transfer are significant economic activities in the
United States. University-based research played a major role in the growth of the …