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Federal Funding Patents Disclosure Requirements

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Department of Commerce Initiates Bayh-Dole Compliance Review and Asserts March-In Proceeding Targeting Harvard University Patents

On August 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce notified Harvard University (Harvard) that it has initiated a comprehensive review of Harvard’s federally funded research programs to assure compliance with the Bayh-Dole...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Bayh-Dole Compliance Under Scrutiny: HHS Adopts Aggressive Enforcement Stance

The Trump administration recently announced that it will begin investigating compliance with the Bayh-Dole Act, signaling it may invoke march-in rights or more dramatic request for title of patents relating to inventions...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

March-In Rights Revisited: A New Era of Enforcement?

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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

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

IP Hot Topic: Biden Administration Proposes Framework for Exercising Bayh-Dole March-in Rights to Control Drug Pricing

The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced various actions to lower healthcare and prescription drug costs. In one action, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in December 2023 a draft...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Avoiding Loss of Title to Inventions Made Under Federal Funding as New Bayh-Dole Requirements Affect Patent Rights

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Federal grants are an important source of funding for many businesses and research institutions. The Bayh-Dole framework provides contractors the ability to retain title to an invention developed using federal funding, but...more

Knobbe Martens

Bayh-Dole Act Revisions

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On May 14, 2018, several important revisions to regulations of the Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedure Act of 1980, codified as 35 U.S.C. § 200) went into effect. The final revisions were published...more

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