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Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) is challenging the rights of a biotechnology company to infringe on the university's patents on an invention; the company is challenging the patents' validity. The case is seen as representative of issues concerning technology transfer in which universities, government funding, and private industry interact. The…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Higher Education, Inventions, Legal Problems