Trump Administration Threatens to Take over Harvard's Patents

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-patents-trump-d4297409

19•jaredwiener•6mo ago

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SilverElfin•6mo ago

Why do taxpayer funded institutions own any patents? They should be owned by taxpayers.

techpineapple•6mo ago

Wouldn’t this dramatically limit the governments power to influence, well everything? How much green energy investment went to companies with patents? Tesla and SpaceX would be out.

pabs3•6mo ago

They shouldn't own patents, they should release their inventions into the public domain.

esseph•6mo ago

> The Bayh–Dole Act or Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act (Pub. L. 96-517, December 12, 1980) is U.S. legislation permitting ownership by contractors of inventions arising from federal government-funded research.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act#:~:text=...

Regardless, the reason this is happening is to threaten Harvard further. Any way the administration can to make them toe the party line.

bediger4000•6mo ago

This headline gives "Trump Administration" the agency. Similar articles give "Trump" as the actor.

Can we read something in to the headline? That is, does a "Trump Administration" headline imply something like people in the Trump admin are doing this, while a "Trump" headline means that Trump himself is pushing the issue?