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Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Environment
Report of a 1994 Association of American Universities task force.
A Victory for the Student Researcher: Chou v. University of Chicago
Duke Law and Technology Review. "For years, graduate and other student researchers at universities have alleged that the hierarchical system in academic research allows supervising PhDs to steal and patent inventions that were rightfully discovered by students. In July 2001, the Federal Circuit finally addressed these concerns by interpreting the law in a way that strictly protects the rights of student researchers. This article examines this long-overdue change in the law and discusses its potential implications."
The Kept University
by Eyal Press and Jennifer Washburn, The Atlantic Monthly, March, 2000. "Commercially sponsored research is putting at risk the paramount value of higher education -- disinterested inquiry. Even more alarming, the authors argue, universities themselves are behaving more and more like for-profit companies."
Silence in class
San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 21, 2001. "Governor Davis's new science institutes could further undermine the University of California's mission – and be hazardous to your health."
Academe: Technology for Sale
SlashDot contributor Jon Katz's take on the privatization of academic science.
Pact with the CEO
by James C. Luh, Salon Magazine, Feb. 8, 1999. "As technology licensing programs gain more currency in American universities, universities will surely gain more American currency, but will research suffer?"
Egyptian center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology
Non profit organization aims to increase awareness about intellectual property and information technology and provide a wide array of legal services
Patent fight rattles academic computing
MSNBC, Aug 28, 2006. "In a move that has shaken up the e-learning community, Blackboard Inc. has been awarded a patent establishing its claims to some of the basic features of the software that powers online education."
Necessity as the Mother of Tenure?
Dec 14, 2004 NY Times op-ed suggesting that inventions (in the form of patents) should be part of the criteria used for determining tenure.
Examining The Link Between Science And Economic Growth
Paula Stephan, The Scientist, May 26, 1997. "The research enterprise, which is influenced by economic incentives, is a key component of the new growth theory... Furthermore, ... a case could be made that some university researchers have become too interested in economic rewards for the good of science or for the long-term good of the economy."
U.S Inventors Patent Technologies Around the World
NSF Issue Brief 99-329
The Science Investor
An Inter Disciplinary Magazine of Investment Opportunities in Science, Technology and Medicine. The Place for Investors searching for Investment opportunities in the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine and for the Scientist/Inventor/Developer looking to move their Projects ahead!