- Posted March 02, 2011
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
U.S. Supreme Court to decide on ownership of university patents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is questioning whether patents on inventions that arise from federally funded research must go to the university where the inventor worked.
The court heard arguments Monday from lawyers from Stanford University, which wants the patents to technology for detecting HIV levels in a patient's blood.
The university said it owns the technology because its discoverer worked at Stanford. The 1980 Bayh-Dole Act allows universities to retain the rights to research funded by federal grants.
But pharmaceutical giant Roche says Stanford researcher Mark Holodniy also signed a contract that gave the company the patent to anything that resulted from their collaboration. A federal appeals court made Roche and Stanford co-owners.
The justices will make a decision by June.
The case is Stanford University v. Roche, 09-1159.
Published: Wed, Mar 2, 2011
headlines Oakland County
- Whitmer signs gun violence prevention legislation
- Department of Attorney General conducts statewide warrant sweep, arrests 9
- Adoptive families across Michigan recognized during Adoption Day and Month
- Reproductive Health Act signed into law
- Case study: Documentary highlights history of courts in the Eastern District
headlines National
- Protecting Attorney-Client Relationships: ABA advocacy helps safeguard the right to effective assistance of counsel
- Did ‘corporate speak’ and PowerPoint lead to complacency at GM?
- Ex-employee sues Sheppard Mullin over cyberattack exposing sensitive personal data
- Ropes & Gray allows more attorneys to count AI testing toward billable hours
- Plaintiff who filed fraudulent case, trashed desktop computer hit with sanctions
- Man who threatened Supreme Court justices avoids prison time
