A substantial part of the work that resulted in the RFCs happened pursuant to federal funding before December 1980. This is significant because prior to December 1980, the enactment of the Bayh-Dole Act, inventions developed in federally funded programs had to be assigned to the government. Therefore, there was little incentive to patent those inventions.
If the developments had happened today, at MIT, BBN, etc, they would be patented.
Are there any studies that do a deep analysis of the impact of the Bayh-Dole Act? Were there any benefits? If not, is this an act that we should lobby to undo?
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A substantial part of the work that resulted in the RFCs happened pursuant to federal funding before December 1980. This is significant because prior to December 1980, the enactment of the Bayh-Dole Act, inventions developed in federally funded programs had to be assigned to the government. Therefore, there was little incentive to patent those inventions.
If the developments had happened today, at MIT, BBN, etc, they would be patented.
Are there any studies that do a deep analysis of the impact of the Bayh-Dole Act? Were there any benefits? If not, is this an act that we should lobby to undo?