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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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