[A2k] Indian "Bayh-Dole" Bill before Parliament

[Philippe Aigrain]

Dear Pranesh,

In addition to the references you list regarding the mixed (at best) effect=
s
of teh Bayh-Dola Act, you may want to act the remarkable issue of Jim Besse=
n
Technology's Innovation and Intellectual Property for the 20th anniversary =
of
the Bayh-Dole Act (from the specific view points of patents and licensing)
http://www.researchoninnovation.org/tiip/archive/issue2003_5.htm

Best,

Philippe

Le jeudi 18 d=E9cembre 2008, Pranesh Prakash a =E9crit :
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> Dear All,
> The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property
> Bill 2008 <http://bit.ly/pupfip-bill>, apparently drafted by the
> Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with
> the help of a law firm, has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha (the
> upper house of the Indian Parliament) by the Minister of Science and
> Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal.  There has much criticism of this Bill
> even before it was introduced in Parliament, since it received the
> assent of the Union Cabinet without so much as a draft having been
> released to the public and without benefit of a public debate.  This
> was so despite calls for greater transparency by many leading
> academics and international groups.
>
> Not just academics, but even the mainstream media have noted the
> failure of the Bayh-Dole.  Apart from the fact that the very premise
> of the Bayh-Dole Act might be flawed, there is the law of unintended
> consequences to ensure that the statute fails miserably.  Indeed, by
> many accounts, the act has resulted in a decrease in innovation, while
> making taxpayers pay twice for the same research.
>
> Fortune, 2005:
> <http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/19/827288=
4/
>index.htm> Economist, 2005:
> <http://www.economist.com/science/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=3D5327661>
> NYT, 2008:
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/technology/07unbox.html?pagewanted=3Dp=
rint
>> Marcia Angell in NYRB (2004), an excerpt from "The Truth About the Drug
> Companies":
> <http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17244>
>
> An Indian IP blog, Spicy IP, has been keeping track of the story:
> <http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com/search/label/Bayh%20Dole>
>
> Regards,
> Pranesh
>
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> Pranesh Prakash
> Programme Manager
> Centre for Internet and Society
>
> T: +91 80 40926283
> W: http://cis-india.org
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