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New Web site Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Bayh-Dole

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AUTM launched a new Web site, www.B-D30.org. The site provides links to articles and videos on the Act, its history, current news and more. The site includes examples of technologies and products that originated from federally funded university discoveries. Read more. 

Patent Reform
Patent Reform has been introduced into the 111th Congress AUTM has joined the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Governmental Relations to issue a position statement on patent reform legislation.
Read the letter to Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter and the position statement.

Read the new letter to Patrick Leahy  from AUTM and five other associations expressing strong support for the substitute amendment to S. 515, submitted March 8, 2010.

Read a letter from AUTM and other university associations regarding patent reform to Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

Read the blog of Andrew Cohn, AUTM VP for Public Policy for more insights on this issue, and share your comments.

Read AUTM Past President Arundeep Pradhan's blog: Patent Reform: On the Agenda Again

Get involved by using the Patent Reform toolkit.

Must-read Article for AUTM Members
Be sure to read: "Universities, Inventors, and the Bayh-Dole Act," by Sen. Birch Bayh, Joseph P. Allen and Howard W. Bremer
Reproduced with permission from Life Sciences Law & Industry Report, 3 LSLR 1266 (Dec.
18, 2009). Copyright 2009 by The Bureau of National Affairs,  Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com

The Kauffman Foundation “Solution”
The Harvard Business Review has published its list of “Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010,” which includes Kauffman’s “solution” to improve university technology licensing. Read the Kauffman Foundation's press release here. Their breakthrough idea is to allow any inventor to choose any licensing agent regardless of their academic affiliation. Kauffman alleges that technology licensing offices are “underperforming” and are a “major impediment.” AUTM does not believe this is the case and wants its membership to know that it is taking a proactive stance by preparing a response to the article. Stay tuned for details as they emerge.

AUTM Announces Global Health Initiative
AUTM announced the launch of a new Global Health Initiative that promotes licensing practices that support access to essential medicines by developing countries. The initiative includes a Global Health Toolkit created by AUTM members.
In keeping with this initiative, AUTM endorsed the University Principles on Global Access to Medicines. These principles were developed by a team that included AUTM leadership. Read the press release about the AUTM Global Health Initiative and AUTM's endorsement of the Principles.

Your institution can endorse the Principles here.

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What's Going On...

AUTM Responds to RFI on Commercialization
AUTM submitted its response to the Request for Information on the Commercialization of University Research issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council. As stated in the request, “transferring viable research discoveries to the marketplace that can pose the greatest challenge to innovators and entrepreneurs.” Read AUTM’s response here.

Defending the University Tech Transfer System
Read AUTM President Arundeep S. Pradhan's op ed piece in Business Week, urging policymakers to keep the Bayh-Dole Act intact.
Read Pradhan's blog "Free Agency: A Breakthrough Idea?" in the Member Connect section. 

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