Notes on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980

Sep 2, 2009 The Bayh-Dole Act (or University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act) was originally enacted in 1980 as Public Law 96-517, and was amended in 1984 by Public Law 98-620. Among other things, the Bayh-Dole Act was designed… Continue Reading

Bayh-Dole Timeline

For more information, KEI general page on the Bayh Dole Act, or one of the mini Bayh-Dole timelines, such as the ones on transparency, march-in rights or royalty free uses. TIMELINE 1980 1980. October 21. Public Law 96-480. Stevenson-Wydler Technology… Continue Reading

July 6, 2001 letter from DHHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson letter to Ralph Nader Regarding WHO rights to use inventions funded by the NIH

July 6, 2001 Mr. Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, D.C. 20036 Dear Mr. Nader: I am writing in response to the letter from you and your colleagues requesting that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant the… Continue Reading

March 28, 2001 letter from Ralph Nader, James Love and Robert Weissman to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, regarding WHO right to use NIH funded inventions

Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, DC 20036 James Love Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367 Washington, DC 20036 Robert Weissman Essential Action P.O. Box 19405 Washington, DC 20036 March 28, 2001 Secretary Tommy Thompson Department of Health and… Continue Reading

October 21, 1999 letter from Dr. Varmus rejecting “standardized transfer of manufacturing and distribution rights to the WHO or any other nonprofit organization”

On September 3, 1999, Ralph Nader, James Love and Robert Weisman wrote to Dr. Harold Varmus, then the Director of the NIH, proposing the NIH enter into an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), giving the WHO the right… Continue Reading

1999 Letter to NIH asking that WHO have right to use NIH funded inventions

Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312, Washington, DC 20036 James Love Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 http://www.cptech.org Robert Weissman Essential Action P.O. Box 19405, Washington, DC 20036 http://www.essentialaction.org/ September 3, 1999 Dr. Harold E. Varmus Building… Continue Reading