Press Releases - The Bayh-Dole Coalition

10 Dec Majority of Voters Oppose Undermining Intellectual Property Rights, New Poll Shows

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2024) -- Voters overwhelmingly oppose a Biden administration proposal that'd cripple America's world-leading research universities, according to a new poll released today by the Bayh-Dole Coalition. The proposal would encourage federal agencies to routinely misuse a provision of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act to allow the bureaucracy to impose price controls on products based on federally funded inventions....

04 Sep Bayh-Dole Coalition Releases 2024 “Faces of American Innovation” Report, Spotlights People Behind Groundbreaking Inventions

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 4, 2024) -- Today, the Bayh-Dole Coalition released its 2024 "Faces of American Innovation" report. This second-annual report highlights five inspirational people whose work to transform early-stage discoveries into commercial products improved the lives of millions....

30 Apr Bayh-Dole Coalition Launches Campaign Against Proposed March-in Framework

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 30, 2024) -- Today, the Bayh-Dole Coalition launched a major new advocacy campaign to save the bipartisan Bayh-Dole Act, which could soon be gutted by a misguided regulatory proposal. ...

26 Apr Bayh-Dole Coalition Celebrates a Sustainable Future on World IP Day

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 26, 2024) -- Today, Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition Joseph P. Allen released the following statement to commemorate World Intellectual Property Day, which focuses this year on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):...

15 Apr Bayh-Dole Coalition Statement on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Flawed Call for Ideas to Accelerate American Innovation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2024) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recently issued a request for comments "on ways to accelerate and incentivize the commercialization of innovation, including green, critical, and emerging technologies." Joseph P. Allen, Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, released the following statement on the request:...

10 Apr Bayh-Dole Coalition Statement on Newest Effort to Misuse the Bayh-Dole Act for Price Control

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 10, 2024) – Several activist groups recently sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the agency to use its authority under 35 U.S.C. § 202(c)(4) and 28 U.S.C. § 1498 to disregard patent protections...

17 Jan Voters Strongly Oppose Weakening Patents, New Poll Shows

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 17, 2024) -- The Biden administration may soon endorse a proposal before the World Trade Organization (WTO) that would suspend patent protections on Covid-19 treatments and tests and, in doing so, thwart existing WTO standards. This move would be enormously unpopular with American voters, according to a new poll released today by the Bayh-Dole Coalition....

07 Dec Bayh-Dole Coalition Statement on Biden Administration’s Proposed March-in Framework

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 7, 2023) -- Today, the Biden administration's Interagency Working Group for Bayh-Dole concluded its review of the federal government's march-in authority under the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act....

27 Nov Call for Nominations: 2024 Bayh-Dole Coalition American Innovator Award

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Washington, D.C. (November 27, 2023) -- Today, the Bayh-Dole Coalition opened nominations for its 2024 Bayh-Dole Coalition American Innovator Award. Recent recipients include a 2023 Nobel Prize laureate, a battery technology expert, and other innovation trailblazers....

17 Oct Bayh-Dole Coalition Statement on USITC Report on Covid-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics

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Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2023) -- Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission released its fact-finding report on the implications of a World Trade Organization proposal to waive intellectual property protections on Covid-19 diagnostics and therapeutics....