On Wednesday, January 24, the Council for Innovation Promotion and Bayh-Dole Coalition co-hosted an important briefing on the Bayh-Dole Act and the Biden administration’s latest proposal on march-in rights.
The proposed framework threatens to upend a 43-year-old law — the bipartisan Bayh-Dole Act. This law propelled private-public partnerships forward and helped ensure that government-funded research could be turned into real-world and life-changing products.
The briefing touched on vital topics such as the impact of the proposed guidance on research institutions, manufacturing, and startups. In addition, the panelists discussed how the technology-agnostic proposal would result in a loss of venture capital investment in federally-funded research, including the Biden administration’s own initiatives, like the CHIPS Act.
You can find the full recording of the event and photos below!
Distinguished Guests and Panelists
Joe Allen
- Executive director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, who helped enact the Bayh-Dole Act as a staffer for Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN)
David Kappos
- Former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2009-2013) and current co-chair of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), who oversaw the U.S. patent system supported by the Bayh-Dole Act
Andrei Iancu
- Former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2018-2021) and current co-chair of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), who oversaw the U.S. patent system supported by the Bayh-Dole Act
Kate Hudson
- Associate vice president and counsel for government relations and public policy for the Association of American Universities (AAU), who works directly with the universities impacted by President Biden’s guidance
Charles Crain
- Vice president of domestic policy at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), who works directly with the manufacturers impacted by President Biden’s guidance