Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation - Intellectual Property
Rob Sahr on the Administration’s Aggressive Approach to Bayh-Dole Compliance
In Fiscal Year 2023, colleges and universities spent approximately $109 billion on research and development expenditures of which $59.6 billion, or 55%, was federally funded. In Fiscal Year 2022, the Small Business Innovation...more
On August 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce sent a letter to Harvard University—also shared publicly on the social media platform X—alleging that the university failed to comply with several provisions of the Bayh-Dole...more
Presented as part of its effort to lower what it views as excessive prices for prescription drugs, the Biden administration on December 7, 2023, announced the release of a proposed framework to expand the use of government...more
Following years of discussion and pressure being applied by certain policymakers (including Senate HELP Committee Chair Bernie Sanders), the Biden Administration announced that a framework is being put forward by HHS and the...more
Effective October 1, 2023, certain aspects of reporting obligations under the Bayh-Dole Act changed, and further changes are potentially on the way. Frequent recipients of federal funding, such as universities and research...more
Key Points - On July 28, 2023, President Biden signed EO 14104, “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs,” which aims to increase domestic manufacturing and...more
A new Biden administration Executive Order proposes to enforce more rigorously U.S. manufacturing requirements attendant to federally funded inventions. While the aim of the Executive Order is to support domestic...more
Federal funding is a huge boon for companies, universities, and research institutions conducting innovative research. However, it comes attached with requirements that can become a stumbling block, especially for emerging and...more
Intellectual property (“IP”) rights can be one of the most valuable assets of a government contractor. There are several factors potential buyers can use to properly evaluate a government contractor’s IP in mergers and...more
On January 4, 2021, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published proposed rules for comment changing regulations promulgated under the Bayh-Dole Act (35 U.S.C. §§ 200-204), which allow businesses and...more
Awardees of funding from the Small Business Innovative Research (“SBIR”) program face unique strategic questions as they plan their intellectual property development. Like all companies, SBIR awardees must decide whether to...more