A third book project focuses on China's involvement in shaping twentieth-century global regimes of intellectual property rights from trademark infringement to patenting science.
Speakers usually include a patent attorney, science writer, government scientist (FDA, USDA, etc)., biotechnology research manager, science education or public policy specialist, technology licensing manager, consultant, etc.
To become a patent agent, science graduates must pass the exam set by the US Patent and Trademark Office PTOO).
These days there are wonderful opportunities in nontraditional areas, including patent law, science journalism, and forensics—or even teaching undergraduates on a campus where research is not required.
We evaluate four disclosure strategies: secrecy, patenting, open science (scientific publication) and patent-paper pairs providing insights into the determinants of the disclosure strategy of a firm.
The primary justification of patenting in science and technology is consequentialist in nature.
Yochai Benkler, Commons-Based Strategies and the Problems of Patents, 305 Science, no.
With a strong and predictable patent system, science-based regulatory systems and appropriate tax policy, our industry can meet this challenge, driving substantial job growth in the United States while providing lifesaving and life-enhancing medicines.
Lots of scientists were "unreasonably pessimistic," says Church, believing that if the government didn't sequence the human genome itself, either Celera Genomics would wind up owning everything or there would be so many gene patents that science would get logjammed by lawsuits.
The disparity is clear: despite representing roughly 33% of the population, GNP, R&D spending, NIH grants, awarded U.S. patents and science and engineering graduates, less than 14% of venture capital dollars find their way to the Midwest to convert technology discoveries into new companies and jobs.
