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Trump Administration Imposes New Restrictions on Federal Grant Funding and Suggests Potential Use of “March-In” Rights to License...

In an effort to ameliorate perceived problems with the manner in which the federal government issues federal grant funding and the nature of the grants that it funds, President Trump recently announced a sweeping new grant...more

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

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What Steps Educational Institutions Should Consider Taking to Protect Their Patent Portfolio

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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

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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

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Recent Bayh-Dole Act News: Comments on the Draft Framework; HHS Refuses to March-In on Xtandi; and Delayed Contracting Doesn’t...

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U.S. universities and academic institutions rely heavily on federal grants to fund their research and generate innovations in life sciences. Universities often out-license patents protecting inventions created using federal...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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Draft Guidance Puts March-In Authority Pursuant to Bayh-Dole in the News Once Again

On December 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (guidance) to the public for comment. The...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

HHS to Go a March-In'

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

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Changes To March-In Rights Under Bayh-Dole And More?

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Since its enactment in 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has been credited with promoting the development of over 10,000 startup companies and at least 200 pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines, while contributing more than $500 billion...more

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When the “States” Come Marching-In: The Bayh-Dole Act’s Effect on IP Rights of COVID-Related Patents and Knowledge Ecology...

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On August 4, 2020, a bipartisan coalition of over 30 attorneys general led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sent a letter request to United States Health and Human...more

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Keep an Eye on the Bayh-Dole Act in Regard to COVID-19-Relevant Patents

While companies in every industry are working hard to figure out the best response to this global pandemic, those in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries have been faced with some unique challenges related to the...more

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

March-in Rights and Compulsory License in the United States

March-in rights in the US were created in 1980, as part of the Bayh-Dole Act. Simply stated, when the US government funds research that results in patents, it obtains rights to those patents. These rights are retained even...more

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